You don’t even know who I am.
(Immanuel Kant)
picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: Bill
Immanuel Kant is regarded as one of the most influential thinkers of modern Europe and of the late Enlightenment. Kant defined the Enlightenment in the essay “Answering the Question: What is the Enlightenment” as an age shaped by the motto, “Dare to know” (Latin: Saper aude). This involved thinking autonomously, free of the dictates of external authority. [Source: Wikipedia]
Editor’s fun fact: Ayn Rand is considered the anti-thesis of Immanuel Kant. She viewed him as her intellectual enemy.
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no, no i dont
i realy dont know who that is
Anyone on Ayn Rand’s enemies list cannot be all bad. He is the source of much of our modern wisdom.
Since we are engaging in ad hominim attacks…
“Suppose you met a twisted, tormented young man and … discovered that he was brought up by a man-hating monster who worked systematically to paralyze his mind, destroy his self-confidence, obliterate his capacity for enjoyment and undercut his every attempt to escape … Western civilization is in that young man’s position. The monster is Immanuel Kant.” _ Ayn Rand
Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable…
heidegger heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table…
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar. Who could think you under the table…
David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel…
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.
ther isnt nothing neitsche couldn’t teach ya about the raising of the wrist
and socrates himself was permanently pissed
never heard of you!!
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlagel!
(isn’t it pathetic that the only reason we recognize these names is because of the Philosopher’s Song…)
Pathetic, yet amusing…
By no means! It just shows that all that obsessive watching of Monty Python was good for something, MOM!
^ Sad americans.
Why’s that?
I’m also curious.
because he doesn’t know who it is either and is just assuming the “stupid americans cant identify their political leaders” when in fact he isn’t a politician. so Perfid… stereotype fail, you has it.
also if you are commenting on the philosophers song that is from Monty Python which are British
The picture is a bit misleading for this website; Kant was a philosopher, not a politician.
There’s nothing Neitsze couldn’t teach ya ’bout the raising of the wrist
Socrates himself was permanently pissed….
I know I spelled Neitsze wrong. And God knows I studied enough Kant in political science classes that it’s an easy distinction to fuzz over (philosphy/politics).
Heh, thought that joke was for Benjamin D’Israeli!?
A la Family guy…..
I thought it was Robespierre. I’ve read excerpts of Kant, but didn’t recognize the face. And yes, he was a little unstable.
Hope there are more of those ‘name that philosopher… I’m trying to remember what Kierkegaard looked like.
Twisted back, due to tuberculosis of the spine.
I’m the Amazing Rando, and I…oh hi, VG!
So might we say that there is no logical way to universalize the maxim that all people know who this is? Does this make the maxim internally inconsistant or is it merely a contradiction of the will. Oh crap… this grad school program in Philosophy might have finally paid off!
John Stewart Mill, of his own free will, after half a pint of shanty was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day!
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
And Hobbes was fond of his Dram.
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart:”I drink therefore I am.”
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he’s pissed.
Could you at least spell his first name right? It’s “Emmanuel”.
Emanuel, in that case.
No, I insist on the double “m”, thank you.
Double checked, the spelling only works for my compatriots = epic fail
No, actually it is spelled Immanuel. I recognized him.
I’m in a college course on the Enlightenment philosophes. (And no, I did not spell ‘philosophes’ wrong.)
Kant? Sure, I know Kant, but who the f*ck is that guy?
I blame the Artist.
I kant tell who that is.
Its “Immanuel” Kant. He may not have been a politician, but he was a philosopher of government and moral development. I <3 Social Psych! He fits well with this website. And that is how the poor guy looked. My book shows a picture slightly different then the one posted above.
By the way, you aren’t dumb for not knowing who this guy is, just ignorant, which can be easily fixed! However, you are dumb if you pretend to know what you are talking about *DaYaoiFan* and give people the wrong information.
I’m the Amazing Rando, and I approve this timely message. *hops back into time machine and returns to 2010*
Ah. He is a Magictologist (Amazing Rando, not Kant) Magictology is more believable than Scientology ftw!
who is this?