Adrian Hester Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Well, it's not entirely off, that test. 1. Ayn Rand (100%) 2. Epicureans (87%) 3. Aristotle (87%) 4. Jeremy Bentham (84%) 5. Cynics (82%) 6. Thomas Hobbes (81%) 7. John Stuart Mill (76%) 8. Nietzsche (68%) 9. Aquinas (64%) 10. David Hume (58%) 11. Spinoza (58%) 12. Stoics (58%) 13. Jean-Paul Sartre (51%) 14. Plato (47%) 15. St. Augustine (43%) 16. Nel Noddings (41%) 17. Kant (38%) 18. Prescriptivism (35%) 19. Ockham (27%) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rearden_Steel Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 1. Ayn Rand (100%) 2. Aristotle (72%) 3. Jean-Paul Sartre (72%) 4. David Hume (70%) 5. Nietzsche (70%) 6. Cynics (67%) 7. John Stuart Mill (61%) 8. Jeremy Bentham (59%) 9. Thomas Hobbes (59%) 10. Spinoza (59%) 11. Stoics (58%) 12. Aquinas (57%) 13. St. Augustine (52%) 14. Epicureans (51%) 15. Plato (49%) 16. Kant (47%) 17. Prescriptivism (33%) 18. Nel Noddings (30%) 19. Ockham (30%) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Trick Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Nietzsche (60%) Click here for info 3. Kant (57%) Click here for info 4. Aristotle (57%) Click here for info 5. John Stuart Mill (55%) Click here for info 6. Stoics (53%) Click here for info 7. Aquinas (50%) Click here for info 8. David Hume (49%) Click here for info 9. Cynics (47%) Click here for info 10. Epicureans (46%) Click here for info 11. Jean-Paul Sartre (43%) Click here for info 12. Thomas Hobbes (42%) Click here for info 13. Plato (41%) Click here for info 14. Spinoza (38%) Click here for info 15. St. Augustine (37%) Click here for info 16. Prescriptivism (35%) Click here for info 17. Jeremy Bentham (34%) Click here for info 18. Ockham (30%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (8%) Click here for info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewIntellectual Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 1. Ayn Rand (100%) 2. Aquinas (97%) 3. Aristotle (90%) 4. John Stuart Mill (90%) 5. Epicureans (85%) 6. Kant (83%) 7. Stoics (78%) 8. Jean-Paul Sartre (75%) 9. Spinoza (70%) 10. Jeremy Bentham (68%) 11. Prescriptivism (67%) 12. Ockham (66%) 13. St. Augustine (48%) 14. Cynics (47%) 15. Nietzsche (46%) 16. Plato (44%) 17. Thomas Hobbes (39%) 18. David Hume (31%) 19. Nel Noddings (26%) 1. a High 2. b High 3. f High 4. c High 5. d Medium 6. b High 7. b High 8. d Medium 9. e High 10. b High 11. c Medium 12. d High This has surely been covered in another thread (probably more than once), but what is the source of the seemingly extreme distaste of Kant? I am not necessarily put off by any of my results, because I take the percentages to mean the portion of that philosophy that yours is most likely concurrent with, and because this is really a thinking quiz. I imagine if someone takes the quiz multiple times, refining his or her answers based on his or her actual beliefs (rather than what he or she might think a particular philosopher would say), that person's evaluation might change to more accurately reflect his or her actual position. Mine could potentially be slightly different next time around. And, after all, it is only an Internet quiz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeatherFall Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Your numbers, if you don't have a perfect photographic memory, will likely come out differently if you try again. I tried to give the same answers I gave the first time, but my results were different. As far as Kant is concerned, I know little of his philosophy. I couldn't make much sense of what I read of him, and I don't like to take part in unrewarding chores. Kant is credited by some with validating altruism by destroying objectivity. From the Objectivist opinions I have read, he met with far more success than he should have, and was an extremely distructive philisophic force over the last few centuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaconos Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 1. Ayn Rand (100%) 2. Nietzsche (97%) 3. David Hume (83%) 4. Aristotle (75%) 5. Jean-Paul Sartre (74%) 6. Thomas Hobbes (72%) 7. Spinoza (66%) 8. Plato (65%) 9. Stoics (65%) 10. Prescriptivism (64%) 11. Cynics (62%) 12. Epicureans (62%) 13. Aquinas (59%) 14. John Stuart Mill (56%) 15. Kant (56%) 16. Jeremy Bentham (46%) 17. Ockham (43%) 18. St. Augustine (43%) 19. Nel Noddings (17%) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 1. Ayn Rand (100%) 2. Nietzsche (83%) 3. Thomas Hobbes (80%) 4. David Hume (77%) 5. Aristotle (71%) 6. Plato (71%) 7. Cynics (65%) 8. Stoics (63%) 9. Epicureans (60%) 10. Jean-Paul Sartre (57%) 11. John Stuart Mill (55%) 12. Aquinas (55%) 13. Spinoza (44%) 14. Jeremy Bentham (43%) 15. St. Augustine (37%) 16. Kant (36%) 17. Prescriptivism (31%) 18. Ockham (19%) 19. Nel Noddings (17%) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dikaiosyne Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Pretty Much what I expected, Yeah For Kant and Bentham being less than 50%! 1. Ayn Rand (100%) <- Seems like Par for the Course 2. Nietzsche (86%) <- Has more in common with Rand then you may think 3. Aquinas (83%) <- The description given by the site seems like Aquinas was an objectivist through a Christian Lens, not bad 4. Aristotle (83%) <- Yeah! Have not read him but this seems like an indoursment 5. Jean-Paul Sartre (66%) <- I am sure that we have all had our Extenistial Moments 6. Epicureans (65%) <- Yeah Pleasure! 7. John Stuart Mill (64%) <- Probably comes from the "No, we need liberty statement" 8. Spinoza (63%) <- Determinist? Not my cup of tea 9. Cynics (53%) 10. St. Augustine (50%) 11. Kant (49%) <- Another Winner from the Objectst Bench 12. Plato (49%) 13. David Hume (47%) 14. Stoics (47%) 15. Ockham (46%) 16. Jeremy Bentham (43%) <- Evil Son-a-bitch 17. Prescriptivism (43%) 18. Thomas Hobbes (43%) <- Go away and take your Leviathan with you! 19. Nel Noddings (13%) <- Who? Reading the description, seems like a choice to placate any PC impulses but what is the source of the seemingly extreme distaste of Kant? It mostly comes from Rand's Personal Distaste (Hate?). Quoth Rand: "On every fundamental issue, Kant's philosophy is the exact opposite of Objectivism" (The Ayn Rand Lexicon page 235, original quote "Brief Summary," The Objectivist Sept. 1971) The Lexicon itself has 5 pages of Rand's Venom toward Kant if you want to check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewIntellectual Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 It mostly comes from Rand's Personal Distaste (Hate?). If this is true on its own, that's pretty sad. Don't get me wrong; by no means do I aim to defend Kant by saying this. I haven't read enough of his philosophy to even consider doing so. However, ought we not base such opinions on our own rational assessments? If most of us are doing so and coming to the same conclusions, excellent. If not, I would reason that some of us might benefit from a little more independent study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondigitalia Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 It mostly comes from Rand's Personal Distaste (Hate?). I don't think this is entirely fair. While that may be true for some, there are many of us who have read Kant, and have a first-hand distaste for his philosophy. I don't necessarily hate him, but most of his philosophy was incorrect, and because of its widespread acceptance, it did a lot of damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravane Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 (edited) 1. Ayn Rand (100%) 2. David Hume (87%) 3. Nietzsche (82%) 4. Stoics (79%) 5. Cynics (78%) 6. Aristotle (73%) 7. Thomas Hobbes (65%) 8. Jean-Paul Sartre (64%) 9. Plato (63%) 10. Aquinas (62%) 11. St. Augustine (56%) 12. John Stuart Mill (50%) 13. Kant (46%) 14. Spinoza (43%) 15. Epicureans (42%) 16. Jeremy Bentham (39%) 17. Nel Noddings (31%) 18. Ockham (28%) 19. Prescriptivism (18%) Edited October 20, 2005 by Ravane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Aristotle (93%) Click here for info 3. Kant (81%) Click here for info 4. Nietzsche (77%) Click here for info 5. Aquinas (70%) Click here for info 6. Jean-Paul Sartre (70%) Click here for info 7. David Hume (70%) Click here for info 8. John Stuart Mill (67%) Click here for info 9. Thomas Hobbes (65%) Click here for info 10. Jeremy Bentham (64%) Click here for info 11. Spinoza (64%) Click here for info 12. Plato (63%) Click here for info 13. Stoics (60%) Click here for info 14. Epicureans (60%) Click here for info 15. Cynics (57%) Click here for info 16. Ockham (55%) Click here for info 17. St. Augustine (55%) Click here for info 18. Prescriptivism (46%) Click here for info 19. Nel Noddings (29%) Click here for info 1a med 2b med 3f med 4d med 5b med 6b med 7a med 8c med 9a med 10c high 11c high 12b high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 1. Ayn Rand (100%) Click here for info 2. Nietzsche (60%) Click here for info 3. Jean-Paul Sartre (59%) Click here for info 4. Thomas Hobbes (58%) Click here for info 5. Cynics (57%) Click here for info 6. David Hume (56%) Click here for info 7. John Stuart Mill (54%) Click here for info 8. Aristotle (50%) Click here for info 9. Plato (42%) Click here for info 10. Aquinas (42%) Click here for info 11. Epicureans (42%) Click here for info 12. Stoics (42%) Click here for info 13. Jeremy Bentham (39%) Click here for info 14. Kant (39%) Click here for info 15. St. Augustine (36%) Click here for info 16. Prescriptivism (30%) Click here for info 17. Spinoza (28%) Click here for info 18. Nel Noddings (26%) Click here for info 19. Ockham (21%) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalism Forever Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 1. Ayn Rand (100%) 2. Aristotle (98%) 3. Epicureans (84%) 4. Aquinas (79%) 5. John Stuart Mill (77%) 6. Nietzsche (69%) 7. Thomas Hobbes (68%) 8. Jeremy Bentham (67%) 9. Plato (65%) 10. Cynics (59%) 11. David Hume (53%) 12. Jean-Paul Sartre (52%) 13. Spinoza (51%) 14. Ockham (44%) 15. St. Augustine (44%) 16. Kant (42%) 17. Prescriptivism (36%) 18. Stoics (34%) 19. Nel Noddings (20%) Yeehah! I won! I won! Aristotle and Rand 100% and Kant way down! I only got Aristotle at 98%, but I got Kant 9% lower than you to make up for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 It mostly comes from Rand's Personal Distaste (Hate?). Quoth Rand: "On every fundamental issue, Kant's philosophy is the exact opposite of Objectivism" (The Ayn Rand Lexicon page 235, original quote "Brief Summary," The Objectivist Sept. 1971) The Lexicon itself has 5 pages of Rand's Venom toward Kant if you want to check it out You've proven yourself wrong in your own example: if the source of Ayn Rand's attitude toward Kant is the fact that "on every fundamental issue, Kant's philosophy is the exact opposite of Objectivism," that I would say that that is primarily a PROFESSIONAL distaste! This isn't like a personal, non-philosophical opinion... (of which Miss Rand had a few) this is her PHILOSOPHIC JUDGMENT. And, being familiar with her entire articles critiquing the philosophy of Kant (and not just the quotes from the Lexicon), I have to say that I AGREE with that judgment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dikaiosyne Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 You've proven yourself wrong in your own example: if the source of Ayn Rand's attitude toward Kant is the fact that "on every fundamental issue, Kant's philosophy is the exact opposite of Objectivism," that I would say that that is primarily a PROFESSIONAL distaste! This isn't like a personal, non-philosophical opinion... (of which Miss Rand had a few) this is her PHILOSOPHIC JUDGMENT. Ok, point taken, I should have said professional. In my defense, from my point of view, one of the key lessons of Objectivisim is that the personal and philosophical realms are not divorced in any sigifinicant way. So, while personal and profesional maybe a valid split, It is easy to imagine that opinions from one, can form feelings in the other. So if professionally you disagree with everything a person has to say, looking at it from a personal point of view, and Objectivism is deeply personal for Rand, the word "hate" comes to mind. That may be a tad strong, considering the connotation of the word, I defend my choice. That said, I have not read Rand's specific essays on Kant, but at least from the lexicon, the impession of a personal distaste can be given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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