Fantasizing a movie on Dr. Peikoff's "The Ominous Parallels&#3

[RohinGupta]

Fantasizing a movie on Dr. Peikoff's "The Ominous Parallels", in a format similar to "The Hours".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274558/plotsummary

3 phases,

Philosophical Era: Immanual Kant is influenced by Rousseau, goes on to write Critique.

Intellectual Era: Hegel,Comte,other socialists and Nizetsche.

Political Era: Nazis, Concentration Camps and Hitler.

Edited October 11, 2010 by RohinGupta

[RohinGupta]

Alternative Benevolent version:

Philosophical Era: Aristotle learning from Plato, going on to criticize his Philosophy while still unwittingly keeping the mystical traces of former.

Intellectual Era: Aquinas, Locke, and other Renaissance/Enli...ghtenment teachers.

Political Era: Patric Henry, Jefferson, American Revolution.

....And maybe Economic era in Industrial Revolution...

[TheEgoist]

Except of course John Locke's ideas naturally lead to Hume, naturally leads to Kant...

[JayR]

Except of course John Locke's ideas naturally lead to Hume, naturally leads to Kant...

You cant dispute that Lockes ideas directly inspired Jefferson, Madison, etc. in their actions, and justified the separation from the Crown "to a candid world". If Locke inspired Kant, thats just unfortunate.

j..

[RohinGupta]

You cant dispute that Lockes ideas directly inspired Jefferson, Madison, etc. in their actions, and justified the separation from the Crown "to a candid world". If Locke inspired Kant, thats just unfortunate.

j..

I agree, Lock's political philosophy is consistent with political principles of America. And nature of government quite similar to objectivism.

And that was the aspect I was referring to.

[TheEgoist]

You cant dispute that Lockes ideas directly inspired Jefferson, Madison, etc. in their actions, and justified the separation from the Crown "to a candid world". If Locke inspired Kant, thats just unfortunate.

j..

What I can deny is that Locke's political philosophy had a good foundation. His theory of ideas also led to Kant's distinction between phenomenal/noumena object.

[JayR]

What I can deny is that Locke's political philosophy had a good foundation. His theory of ideas also led to Kant's distinction between phenomenal/noumena object.

Really? I'd say it was certainly better that the Cartesian theory prevalent in that time. And certainly better than Hobbes. I also heard a student of Locke (cant remember the name) coined "context ommision" as a means to concept formation, not too bad for pre-Rand.

j..

Added on edit: Digression aside, it sounds like a good idea for a movie. Perhaps change it up as a post apocalyptic setting, all technology is lost, and both versions are happening simultaneously in differing parts of the world, and the two civilitzations ultimately collide in a reason vs. mysticism clash. Id pay to see that.

Edited October 11, 2010 by JayR