Who is philosopher Jagger from House M.D?
House is referring to Rolling Stones singer and song writer Mick Jagger not real philosopher the show uses a couple of Rolling Stones songs in it's soundtrack - like You can't always get what you want The other slogan of the show, “You Can't Always Get What You Want”, seems instead to be the universal message of the show (along with “Its never Lupus) to speak to all of its viewers and to speak for all of its characters. This slogan is what I have decided to write this article on. The Phrase itself comes from the band The Rolling Stones and is actually the title of a very famous song written by the singer Mick Jagger (known to House as the “Great Philosopher”) called, "You Can't Always Get What You Want." The song, if you listen to it, reminds you very much of the show with sly little anecdotes like, “Standing in line with Mr. Jimmy,”(bear in mind this song was written in the 60s...I think!). The song was first used in the pilot at the end of the episode giving a closure sense to the pilot and, more importantly, it set up the entire mood of House MD. It was also referenced to in this quote: (House MD, Pilot) House: Well, like the philosopher Jagger once said, “You can’t always get what you want.” And later used by Cuddy back at him: Cuddy: Oh, I looked into that philosopher you quoted, Jagger, and you’re right, “You can’t always get what you want,” but as it turns out “if you try sometimes you get what you need.” http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/house-md/art...
Who was the French philosopher who said that there is social contract between the ruler and the people?
It’s Jean-Jacques Rousseau! He was one of the key figures of Enlightenment. His theory of the Social Contract has been an inspiration to the modern conception of the state and separation of powers. However, he was not the first one to speak about the contract: two key figures were Hugo de Groot (or Grotius) and also Thomas Hobbes.
What philosopher said that we're just dust in wind?
The idea has been around so long, it is part of Buddhist thinking. No one knows your answer for certain. But the philosopher Montaigne put it in much darker, blunter words, when he said: "The most wretched and frail of all creatures is man, and withal the proudest. He feels and sees himself lodged here in the dirt and filth of the world, nailed and rivetted to the worst and deadest part of the universe, in the lowest story of the house, the most remote from the heavenly arch....." http://www.animal-rights-library.com/tex... This was very common thinking before Aquinas said God wanted us to cherish this world He gave us (while waiting for our just rewards elsewhere). It was also common because, thinking we were the "center of the universe" was NOT a good thing; it was bad. It was presumed God put us at the center because then all the literal heavenly-garbage of the universe would fall on the earth. It isn't known if men thought God condemned us to the center, but it seems unlikely we would have though of any of this---including "dust in the wind"----if someone had not invented Original Sin, which condemned us to this hellish central place, "the most remote from the heavenly arch..."
What makes one a philosopher?
Why does a person have to be made into a philosopher? Whatever makes a person a philosopher is surely the same thing that makes a curious child a playful companion. A philosopher is someone that does not consider themselves a philosopher, and would never take a philosophy class, at least not seriously anyway. A philosopher is his or her own teacher, and bares the mark of an educated mind as Aristotle said, "It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it." A philosopher, rather than being purely logical, or purely intuitive, is wise to embrace both with equal joy and appreciation. A philosopher makes his own perspectives, and having done so does not condemn the perspectives of others, but rather seeks to inquire upon the best and most interesting ideas within those perspectives. A wise person recognizes that truth is a pathless land, and that to derive truth from anything but first hand experience is to subject oneself to the power of another's manipulation. Therefore, a philosopher will never surrender their mind and discernment to the whims of another, no matter how wise and powerful with knowledge that other may be. One could go on... you get the idea.
Who was the philosopher who said that the doors to heaven and hell are adjacent and identical?
Nikos Kazantzakis, "The Last Temptation of Christ"
What is the wisest thing a philosopher ever said?
“Gnothi seauton”, or “know thyself”. This is not actually a quote from a philosopher, it is from the ancient Oracle at Delphi. However, Socrates took it as a command from a god and based his life on it. He eventually came to the conclusion that all he knew was that he knew nothing, as he says in his trial (as recounted by Plato in the Apology).Perhaps what is especially important about this saying is that it is perhaps the first time introspection appears in history. Prior to this we are hard pressed to find anybody who seriously questions his or her own purposes in life or character, to the point of making serious changes based upon what he or she discovers. This theme of self-awareness continues throughout Western philosophy and civlization, as we see in Augustine (Confessions), Descartes and Kant. Today self-awareness has reached a perhaps pathological extreme, and perhaps it could be said that we are self-aware but do not know ourselves. But the Delphic oracle certainly set things going.
Who is the philosopher that said that man is naturally good? What is his evidence?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau. A french philosopher, at the epoch of Diderot, Voltaire… His evidence was the recent (at the time) discovery of the “savage” in far away countries, who seemed to be good, making Rousseau believed that it was the “modern” society making people acting badly. Today, such a claim has been weakened, as not all “savage” people could be considered as “good” (with some debatable “objective” criteria), and “modern” or highly developed society seems to be able to have good and bad periods, depending on its recent past history. As a social mammal, human have to oscillate between being good with his peers, but cautious with the neighbor, doubly so when the neighbor seems threatening, for diverse possible fair or unfair reasons. Parents and teachers know that some kids have less empathy than others, and that it is hard to change. The idea that it is all the fault to the society is only very partially true. Many other factors can have a role, including possible genetical conditions favoring or not empathy, or when educated by parents having themselves few empathy.
Which Greek philosopher said people should be well rounded?
I'm writing an essay and I remember learning once that a Greek philosopher said that people should be well-rounded with their interests & not focus too much on one thing. To have a wide variety of interests so that they are more intelligent, etc. Anyone know which said this and possibly the quote?? Thanks!
What does philosophy say about death?
Death it’s something which gives a chills down our spine. We humans don’t seem to understand death or the purpose of death because we see it as something negative but the fact and truth is quite contrary. Death is the only thing which gives our life a meaning, cause if there is no end to a journey then the journey isn’t something which we will look forward to. It is said that it isn’t the end to the journey that matters but the journey that matters in the end. The sole purpose of death is to teach us how to live. That’s why great noble men have thanked death in their last moments.Now, I know you didn’t get a clear picture of what I meant so let me explain it to you. It’s the fear of death that makes us livelier, makes us appreciate and love the things and people around us. “It is the Knowledge that I’m going to die that creates the focus that I bring to being alive. The urgency of accomplishment. The need to express love. Now. Not later.” It makes live in the present in the moment.It is said that nothing ever ends, every ending is a beginning to something so think of death as something positive cause if you live a life shrouded in fear of death you won’t be living your life. Think of death as just a stop from where our lives will take a new path. Death just takes away our physical form but there is something which we leave behind, that is a part of us and that’s the memories we leave behind. So there is never an end of life with death to be true cause death provides us with immortality that we all seek our entire life, by living in the thoughts of someone else.A quote which is my personal favourite and has helped me led a better life is –And the second one is —As a well-Spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well-Spent brings happy death. — Leonardo Da Vinci