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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (37716)5/10/1999 11:55:00 AM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
No, I don't agree. That's what I mean by prejudice. Of course, his experience was doubtless quite different from mine. Most of his students were reeking with superstition, and he helped them fight clear of it. My experience has been that young people are far less superstitious and more rational than older people ("non-traditional" students. One of the problems with SI and this thread in particular is that we are all too old and crystalized in our thoughts to have a new idea. Aristotle thought he knew almost everything, and could fill up young minds with his distilled crap. His view of slavery and women were examples of his conservatism and backwardness.
I don't claim he was ignorant in general. He was one of the smartest people who ever lived. His approach to knowledge was far sounder than Plato's. But he was still a credulous and superstitious lout in many ways. Of course, people are much smarter nowadays. Aristotle did not understand simple calculus, physicis, astronomy, biology, medicine. Any engineering freshman has a far more accurate view of nature than he, the smartest man of his age. Imagine if future generations worshiped a freshman of today as the master of those who know (even a CalTech freshman).
The dogs bark, but the caravan passes.
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