Well, if you need a philosophical basis for liberal thought, you need look no further than Hegel and his illogical Science of Logic (600 pages of circular reasoning that “proves” the existence of God by presupposing his existence on page 1). Incidentally, the Western World would not, today, even know who Hegel was were it not for Karl Marx basing his philosophy, in part, on Hegel’s brand of German Idealism.
That’s right, the liberals needed a nonesense philosophy as a foundation for socialist ideology.
Today we have Hegelian philosophy (and its lack of logic as espoused by Hegel’s Science of Logic) extending into every facet of “intellectual” thought. In the arts, you will find Brechtian theater (and more recently Pinteresque theater) as an outgrowth of Hegelian obscurantism and nonesense. These are all, of course, liberal intellectuals.
Hairy Polemic - 05:03pm on 03/16/2008
Illogical Liberalism
That’s redundant.
Kevin - 08:03pm on 03/16/2008
Wow, I hit the front page. That made my day.
Thanks Rob.
Kenny - 08:03pm on 03/16/2008
Exposing the intellectual hypocrisy of liberalism and today’s Democrats is gonna keep you mighty busy, Kenny. These are, after all, the descendants of the “if it feels good, do it” crowd from the 70’s, and rational thought and honest intellectual consistency are as foreign to them as Sanskrit.
Well, if you need a philosophical basis for liberal thought, you need look no further than Hegel and his illogical Science of Logic (600 pages of circular reasoning that “proves” the existence of God by presupposing his existence on page 1). Incidentally, the Western World would not, today, even know who Hegel was were it not for Karl Marx basing his philosophy, in part, on Hegel’s brand of German Idealism.
That’s right, the liberals needed a nonesense philosophy as a foundation for socialist ideology.
Today we have Hegelian philosophy (and its lack of logic as espoused by Hegel’s Science of Logic) extending into every facet of “intellectual” thought. In the arts, you will find Brechtian theater (and more recently Pinteresque theater) as an outgrowth of Hegelian obscurantism and nonesense. These are all, of course, liberal intellectuals.
That’s redundant.
Wow, I hit the front page. That made my day.
Thanks Rob.
Exposing the intellectual hypocrisy of liberalism and today’s Democrats is gonna keep you mighty busy, Kenny. These are, after all, the descendants of the “if it feels good, do it” crowd from the 70’s, and rational thought and honest intellectual consistency are as foreign to them as Sanskrit.
Have fun!