r/badphilosophy • u/dydhaw • Jul 04 '21

Reading Group "Know Thine Enemy" is truly a masterpiece of philosophical literature

https://twitter.com/bryanvannorden/status/1411359147388506115/

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u/bigcoolguyman Jul 04 '21

Kant is the father of nihilism lol wtf

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '21

i actually burst out laughing at that. "cmon, just do it kant" "i dont wanna" "SAY IT" " sighs categorical imperative

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u/toastmeme70 PHILLORD Jul 04 '21

The guys who wrote this book are great. They used to be on Wall Street and they send out a daily newsletter with some astonishing takes on Foucault, Derrida, and the like.

Just yesterday they accused Biden of “subscribing to a Hedeggetian hermeneutics” and somehow connected this to gas prices.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '21

this actually seems like fun. I wonder how many people i can convince that lenin was killed trying to defend russia from communist stalin.

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u/PM_ME_UR_JON_SNOW Jul 04 '21

Pretty sure Hegel was never state-sponsored in the thinktank-ey way the book is claiming…

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u/unfettered2nd Jul 05 '21

Best shitposts are those where the author is actually serious and based on the excerpts posted, this Book may prove that.