I'm a new philosopher in the community.

[singulorum]

So I just downloaded this app maybe an hour ago. I was wondering how many objectivists, nihilists, subjectivists, existentialist, etc. there were.


Who is John Galt?

[Mike Cl]

So I just downloaded this app maybe an hour ago. I was wondering how many objectivists, nihilists, subjectivists, existentialist, etc. there were.


Who is John Galt?

New meat--errr, philosopher. :)  Welcome.  And an Ayn Rand fan, too!

[singulorum]

New meat--errr, philosopher. :)  Welcome.  And an Ayn Rand fan, too!

Haha yes. I'm a new objectivist, so bare with me. I hope to learn more though.


Who is John Galt?

[kilodelta]

I'm just some random person without one of those philosophy tags.

Welcome.

[aitm]

another philosopher? jes great, another person who can't change a tire or make a cookie…..





:P~~     welcome to the forum.

[the_antithesis]

We have an app?

[Baruch]

John Galt is a fictional character ... embodied in a book.  Jesus is just like him.  I am a fictional character too ... but embodied in the Matrix.  I can contain within myself many fictional characters ... but they can't contain even one like me.  Ayn Rand was a real person, who had all those fictional characters within her, and had to let them all out ;-)  Reading something new, that challenges you ... that is something that gets one thinking new thoughts.  In reading, you are exposing yourself to the angels and devils within other people's skulls.

Aitm ... I can't change a tire or make a cookie ... but I can walk and chew gum at the same time ;-)

Something I am borrowing ...
Intellectual Arrogance - Art is understanding that reality does not dictate the limits of your imagination.  Wisdom is the understanding that reality is not dictated by the limits of your imagination.

[singulorum]

We have an app?

tapatalk has an app, where I access this.


Who is John Galt?

[singulorum]

John Galt is a fictional character ... embodied in a book.  Jesus is just like him.  I am a fictional character too ... but embodied in the Matrix.  I can contain within myself many fictional characters ... but they can't contain even one like me.  Ayn Rand was a real person, who had all those fictional characters within her, and had to let them all out ;-)  Reading something new, that challenges you ... that is something that gets one thinking new thoughts.  In reading, you are exposing yourself to the angels and devils within other people's skulls.

Aitm ... I can't change a tire or make a cookie ... but I can walk and chew gum at the same time ;-)

Something I am borrowing ...
Intellectual Arrogance - Art is understanding that reality does not dictate the limits of your imagination.  Wisdom is the understanding that reality is not dictated by the limits of your imagination.

i know who John Galt is. That's my signature lol. Also, Jesus was a real person, whether he is the son of God or not is pretty obvious, but Jesus was real.


~-Who is John Galt?-~

[Baruch]

All fictional people are real, and all real people are fictional.  This is a false dichotomy.  Once J K Rowling thought him up ... Voldemort and Harry Potter are real ... the question is not real/unreal but ... what kind of real.

[singulorum]

All fictional people are real, and all real people are fictional.  This is a false dichotomy.  Once J K Rowling thought him up ... Voldemort and Harry Potter are real ... the question is not real/unreal but ... what kind of real.

Except that Jesus was a real, living person.


           ~-Who is John Galt?-~

[Mike Cl]

i know who John Galt is. That's my signature lol. Also, Jesus was a real person, whether he is the son of God or not is pretty obvious, but Jesus was real.


~-Who is John Galt?-~

Okay, I gotta bite!  No, singulorum, Jesus was not a man--most emphatically not!  He is a myth.  I have not a shred of doubt in my mind about it.

[Mike Cl]

John Galt is a fictional character ... embodied in a book.  Jesus is just like him.  I am a fictional character too ... but embodied in the Matrix.  I can contain within myself many fictional characters ... but they can't contain even one like me.  Ayn Rand was a real person, who had all those fictional characters within her, and had to let them all out ;-)  Reading something new, that challenges you ... that is something that gets one thinking new thoughts.  In reading, you are exposing yourself to the angels and devils within other people's skulls.

I love to dance with the angels and devils, then.  Love to read.  And love sci-fi because it can go anywhere--from pure adventure to deeply philosophical.  Loved Atlas Shrugged in college.  Fountainhead not so much.  Anthem was almost as good as Atlas Shrugged.  Also loved Stranger in a Strange Land.  Turns out I love Stranger in a Strange Land much more. :)  But then I also loved the John Carter of Mars series, as well; especially the Chessmen of Mars.  I even made the amended chess game and talked a guy into playing it with me. :) 

[singulorum]

Okay, I gotta bite!  No, singulorum, Jesus was not a man--most emphatically not!  He is a myth.  I have not a shred of doubt in my mind about it.

It's historically proven that he was man, just a regular old crazy fellow who thought he was special.


               ~-Who is John Galt?-~

[the_antithesis]

What's a jesus?