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RE: Who's your favorite philosopher? Or: What Questions Not To Ask A Philosopher - Part I

in #philosophy8 years ago

As I see it, there's no right or wrong questions as long as they are honest and relevant to the person asking. And assuming some questions to be higher than others pure arrogance. That comes from the assumption of knowing.
If someone asks you about the sound of thunder you may think it to be a stupid or irrelevant question, but to a deaf person it may have some real meaning. Coming back to Socrates. Probably many of the people he pestered with questions thought them to be stupid and irrelevant but to Socrates those questions pointed their contradictions or led them to them or maybe he just wanted to know out of pure curiosity.

Ok so questions I dont like being asked. How are you? Is the food tasty?(that's a trick question, no mater how you answer you always lose)Or any question that doesn't mean anything to the person asking.

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Ups. I forgot to answer the intention part.
So I asked about your favorite philosopher in part curiosity in part because of my limited knowledge of their theories. So maybe I will end up liking their way of thinking.