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Why? The beginnings of philosophy

Phil Plait linked to this guy, Louis CK, on why it’s alright for the world to go back into the dark ages, but I rather like this one, in which it becomes clear that philosophers are, after all, just persistent two year olds:

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On tattoos in Latin

This is why I haven’t yet acted on my desire to have Linnaeus’ definition of Homo tattooed on my chest (that, and you’d never see the thing under all that fur)… “Quia ursus pusilli ingenii sum verba difficilia fastidio”

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Comments (14)

  1. @ 9:22
    Straight from Plato’s dialogue “The Parmenides” and Parmenides’ fragments at 9:25.
    Awesome.

  2. @ 9:22
    Straight from Plato’s dialogue “The Parmenides” and Parmenides’ fragments at 9:25.
    Awesome.

  3. @ 9:22
    Straight from Plato’s dialogue “The Parmenides” and Parmenides’ fragments at 9:25.
    Awesome.

  4. @ 9:22
    Straight from Plato’s dialogue “The Parmenides” and Parmenides’ fragments at 9:25.
    Awesome.

  9. I saw Louis CK for the first time on Cable TV last year and was just smitten with his comic style (so happy to chance upon a ‘new’ comic that had me completely in stitches non-stop). I meant to watch all the youtube vids of his routines, but forgot. Thank you for jogging my memory with this hilarious vid.

  10. I saw Louis CK for the first time on Cable TV last year and was just smitten with his comic style (so happy to chance upon a ‘new’ comic that had me completely in stitches non-stop). I meant to watch all the youtube vids of his routines, but forgot. Thank you for jogging my memory with this hilarious vid.

  14. I TOTALLY stole the “ladies and gentlemen” joke during a staff meeting once when the question was what you would name yourself. It KILLED. And I took all the credit…

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