Hi All:
It comes as no surprise that Struan sees nothing wrong with ad
hominem attacks.
Struan writes:
> No doubt people will consider pointing out this hypocrisy to be a
> personal attack in itself and yet the 'ad hominem' attack is a perfectly
> valid tool and entirely relevant if one sees a philosophical position as
> being informed by the person who holds it. I agree with Fichte.
>
> FICHTE:
> "What sort of philosophy one chooses depends, therefore, on what sort of
> man one is; for a philosophical system is not a dead piece of furniture
> that we can reject or accept as we wish; it is rather a thing animated by
> the soul of the person who holds it."
Is anyone surprised that Struan agrees with Fichte, a philosophical
father of the Nazis?
>From a review of "Heidegger's Crisis: Philosophy and Politics in Nazi
Germany" by Hans Sluga:
"The main point of Sluga's book is to show how Fichte first established
a constellation of four concepts (crisis, nation, leadership, and order)
which allowed him to mediate between philosophy and politics, how
Nietzsche then transmuted and radicalized this constellation, and
finally how this same constellation of ideas either in the Fichtean
sense or in the Nietzschean sense enabled many German
philosophers to become involved in Nazi politics."
No wonder Pirsig is hard on Struan. I have no love for Nazi
sympathizers either.
Platt
In case anyone is wondering, this is a example of an ad hominem
attack which Struan feels is entirely legitimate. Goodbye Struan. I will
not miss you, your ad hominem attacks, nor your monumental stupidity.
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