fujee wrote:The guy was completely nuts. He was basically revered as a genius, but lived a decadent, privileged party lifestyle.
Oh, totally. That's how a lot of them were. Kant, Bentham, etc.. People that had enough time on their hands to sit around with the other old rich white guys and think about these things
(at least, 17th-19th centuries)
fujee wrote:I am more into the modern to post modern period of Philosophy, I love Zizek and Foucault but I understand the necessity to study these old masters.
The way I see it, a lot of philosophy - and even art, music, culture at large - is composed of reactions to the current state of things. That's why it's so helpful to know the history of anything you're interested in. Hard to "know what the jazz is all about" without understanding jazz's roots, for example..