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Müller
I have, in any case, a troubled relationship to Kant, because at age ten I read Kant for the first time - my father had that lying around - it was the Metaphysics of Morals. And naturally the first chapter I read was the one on onanism. And that disturbed me deeply, because he considered it completely reprehensible and in every respect the worst and the most undignified thing that exists . . .
Kluge
What's his argument for that?
Müller
It's against the laws of nature, against God's will . . .
Kluge
If nature has given human beings the power to procreate, then it's reprehensible not to use it.
Müller
Exactly, that troubled me deeply at that time. And then I was so happy when, years later, I read an anecdote to the effect that Kant supposedly masturbated once a week, or even more often, on the same oak tree in the park where he always took his walks. That reassured me. And from then on I was no longer very interested in Kant.
Kluge
He had been refuted.
Müller
He had been refuted, yes.
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 1 March 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
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kant q:
general logic : transcendental logic :: (propositional and first-order predicate logic as taught in intro courses???) : ?????????
(maybe that's the wrong place to put modern logic, or the wrong way to distribute it across the terms of the analogy??
― j., Friday, 17 October 2014 00:33 (nine years ago) link
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– “In the hierarchy of the means used to express the absolute, religion and culture in the wake of reason hold the highest degree, well above that of ass”
Hegel
― | (Latham Green), Friday, 28 October 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
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