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Note that the opposite can also be true: some philosophers can also be good comedians (in spite of the general stereotype that all philosophers are excruciating
by cyber_kinetist 3y ago
Note that the opposite can also be true: some philosophers can also be good comedians (in spite of the general stereotype that all philosophers are excruciatingly boring and dry, which can partially be attributed to the proliferation of analytic philosophy.)
For example Slavoj Zizek has a whole book dedicated to cataloguing his (often "politically incorrect") jokes. Link here: https://meydanehonar.com/Panel/Uploads/6/3/7/8d1a8c61-47d2-477e-94c2-02dc67675627.pdf https://meydanehonar.com/Panel/Uploads/6/3/7/8d1a8c61-47d2-4...
- hfuyf65 3y agoThank you. This is why I keep coming back here. I would not have stumbled on it on my own. It hits quite hard for me.
- rrr_oh_man 3y agoFun fact: In German the words for knowledge ('Wissen') and wit/joke ('Witz') share the same root.
- jacquesm 3y agoIt's fun, and they share the two first letters but it's not a fact: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wissen#German https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wissen#German From Middle High German and Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic witan, from Proto-Germanic witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde (“to see, to know”). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Witz#Etymology https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Witz#Etymology From Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic witi, from Proto-Germanic witją from Proto-Indo-European weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate to English wit, archaic Dutch wit, akin to Old Saxon giwit. So they share the same concepts ('to see, to know') but not the same roots! Very closely related though.
- poorlyknit 3y agoThen you click on wóyde and see that it's the > Root stative of the root *weyd-. :)
- greazy 3y agoThanks for sharing this! Zizek is extremely engaging but I wish he would be more perscriptive than just descriptive.