The perfect car for the philosopher has to be the Chevrolet El Camino. It’s a paradox. Is it a truck? Is it a car? No! It’s both. Even though it is classified as a truck and titled as such, its body type is classified as a “coupe utility.” That is, it uses a unibody automobile [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Aristotle’
A Contradiction on Wheels
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aristotle, automobiles, el camino, general motors, philosophers on September 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Bang Bang Shoot Shoot
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aristotle, happiness, philosophy on September 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“Happiness… is a warm gun.” – The Beatles I know that people say that only you can make yourself happy.[1] And I think the purpose for this cliché is so that someone doesn’t try to depend on another person for their happiness, doesn’t let their entire life revolve around another. This is, I think, probably [...]
The Critical Spirit Creates
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aristotle, art, creativity, machines, philosophy, quotations, technology, Thales on September 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »
“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.” -Oscar Wilde I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Technology kills creativity. Or at least misdirects it toward the amorphous illusion of “progress.” It is generally thought that Thales was the first philosopher in the Greek tradition, living sometime around 620 to 540 [...]
