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Was Christopher Hitchens Most Enlightened Thinker of Our Time?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 7/7/15 at 5:56 pm
It was almost as if he operated on another level amongst the masses with very few (Dawkins, Hawking) remotely close. The guy belonged to another class with Socrates and Plato. I was just reviewing his work and it's astounding.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 5:58 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Possibly. If not, he certainly came across as such.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:00 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
if all is predestined, as you postulate, wtf does it matter...? if the Universe has already been?
and we are memory...the memory is us....or, not.
-blackpug6
and we are memory...the memory is us....or, not.
-blackpug6
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:00 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Hitchens is a giant piece of shite. frick that dude.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:01 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
on some things, yes. his political views are a little ehhh
one of my favorite writers, though. he had an eloquence and beauty to his writing that I haven't seen matched. he sounded extremely intelligent without being gratuitously verbose. even if you disagreed with him, you appreciated his argumentation
he could put smackdowns on people like no other
one of my favorite writers, though. he had an eloquence and beauty to his writing that I haven't seen matched. he sounded extremely intelligent without being gratuitously verbose. even if you disagreed with him, you appreciated his argumentation
he could put smackdowns on people like no other
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:01 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
I wonder if he was deliberately sent to confuse the point regarding Orwell
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:05 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Christopher Hitchens was a moron.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:05 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
I preferred the writings of his brother.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:10 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
quote:
Christopher Hitchens
who
quote:
I was just reviewing his work and it's astounding.
oh, well thanks for sharing some of if with the rest of us so we can join in the discussion ya jerk
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:15 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
ain't That interesting...
what rule was That I crossed?
is philosophy off limits>?
what rule was That I crossed?
is philosophy off limits>?
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:16 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
While I agree that he was right on the most important question that faces man, he was always drunk which I feel is the opposite
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:20 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
your standard atheist here, perhaps too young to understand why this guy was so important
seemed to me more like a clever writer who would say abrasive things to get people who already agreed with him to cheer
i don't really see too many philosophers or cultural critics as being remotely hero-worthy though. i do find it incredibly lame when people use the term "enlightened" unironically though
seemed to me more like a clever writer who would say abrasive things to get people who already agreed with him to cheer
i don't really see too many philosophers or cultural critics as being remotely hero-worthy though. i do find it incredibly lame when people use the term "enlightened" unironically though
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:23 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
no! I had cool honest answer...ya'll blew me up twice...I sense third, headed to Bunker.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:49 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Hey, where did OP go? I feel like he abandoned us. That's awfully rude of him.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:51 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
how would you really be able to judge that, unless you were at least equally enlightened. and, then, how would you know that?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:51 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Most enlightened thinker of our time? Haha, not even close. That's a laughable statement.
He was eloquent, that's for sure. He was good at criticizing people and doing so very brashly. But a lot of his beliefs were backwards and many of his arguments crumble when you think about them at all critically. He defended the war in Iraq up until his death and mocked people who suggested that it wasn't a good idea or that it wouldn't be as easily won as the Bush administration insisted. He often abused science in his arguments, appealing to things like evolutionary psychology that he obviously had no understanding of.
He was eloquent, that's for sure. He was good at criticizing people and doing so very brashly. But a lot of his beliefs were backwards and many of his arguments crumble when you think about them at all critically. He defended the war in Iraq up until his death and mocked people who suggested that it wasn't a good idea or that it wouldn't be as easily won as the Bush administration insisted. He often abused science in his arguments, appealing to things like evolutionary psychology that he obviously had no understanding of.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:51 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
This guy sounds worse than that Jordan maxwell lunatic
Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:07 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
I always enjoyed his writing and ability to debate with people on religion. It's a shame the majority of people don't know much about him.
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