Guest Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Ok, so after being inspired by the likes of this Grayven fella, I figured I'd try my hand at this. I tried pretty hard to eliminate any ambiguities, but feel free to yell at me if this attempt is a failure. A thinker I am, centuries-old I be But rarely is one more righteous than me Friedrich is bored, Thomas; a cynic ‘Twixt those I am, and never a mimic The former will tell you that He is dead Before him, I said He never mattered, instead The latter is sure that we are all brutes I think, rather, probity’s our truth My maxim is universal, free of canon and tenet Ethic’s within us; no deity is present So sorry Aquinas, Aristotle, et al, We need no belief in a soul at all Rationality, logic, thus morality is our claim It is imperative that you give up my name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pickett Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) Ok, so after being inspired by the likes of this Grayven fella, I figured I'd try my hand at this. I tried pretty hard to eliminate any ambiguities, but feel free to yell at me if this attempt is a failure. A thinker I am, centuries-old I be But rarely is one more righteous than me Friedrich is bored, Thomas; a cynic ‘Twixt those I am, and never a mimic The former will tell you that He is dead Before him, I said He never mattered, instead The latter is sure that we are all brutes I think, rather, probity’s our truth My maxim is universal, free of canon and tenet Ethic’s within us; no deity is present So sorry Aquinas, Aristotle, et al, We need no belief in a soul at all Rationality, logic, thus morality is our claim It is imperative that you give up my name Sounds like Bacon...He was very much against using faith as a basis for learning, and believed that all knowledge that was important was rooted completely in the natrual world...And depending which "Thomas" you are referring to (Aquinas, Hobbes, etc...), Bacon was between them and Nietzche in history...so... Edited March 5, 2009 by Pickett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 possibly a philosopher? immanuel kant or renee descartes or another rationalist philosopher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Kant - the 'imperative' gives it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Kant - the 'imperative' gives it away. Bingo. I figured I had to give some dead on clue. Well done, as quickly as I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pickett Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Bingo. I figured I had to give some dead on clue. Well done, as quickly as I expected. I was debating between Kant and Bacon...alas, I chose wrong...*sigh*...nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Thanks for the nod, but Shakeepuddn is who inspired me first. Credit where credit is due and all that. Nice riddle. You can leave out the "dead on" clues as long as you're prepared to give some good hints. Hint giving is a skill hard learned, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ok, so after being inspired by the likes of this Grayven fella, I figured I'd try my hand at this. I tried pretty hard to eliminate any ambiguities, but feel free to yell at me if this attempt is a failure.
A thinker I am, centuries-old I be
But rarely is one more righteous than me
Friedrich is bored, Thomas; a cynic
‘Twixt those I am, and never a mimic
The former will tell you that He is dead
Before him, I said He never mattered, instead
The latter is sure that we are all brutes
I think, rather, probity’s our truth
My maxim is universal, free of canon and tenet
Ethic’s within us; no deity is present
So sorry Aquinas, Aristotle, et al,
We need no belief in a soul at all
Rationality, logic, thus morality is our claim
It is imperative that you give up my name
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