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To: OneWingedShark

Oh, Philosophy is pure bovine scataology. We can learn everything we need to know about the Constitution, science, what is true, good, and beautiful from real estate agents and salesmen. We don’t need no steeenkin philosophers, lawyers, or historians. Money answers all questions.


58 posted on 03/30/2013 11:23:58 AM PDT by Unknowing (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.)
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To: Unknowing; OneWingedShark

“The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.”

John W. Gardner


70 posted on 03/30/2013 12:23:25 PM PDT by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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To: Unknowing
Philosophy is pure bovine scataology. We can learn everything we need to know about the Constitution, science, what is true, good, and beautiful from real estate agents and salesmen. We don’t need no steeenkin philosophers, lawyers, or historians. Money answers all questions.

Aren't these statements themselves philosophical in nature and therefore self-refuting?

Just sayin.

Cordially,

206 posted on 04/02/2013 5:25:30 AM PDT by Diamond (He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people,)
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