tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post9211896239196545874..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: My Own “Enemies List”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-53756913371243714992014-12-14T17:13:40.629-05:002014-12-14T17:13:40.629-05:00Michael Neibel: I already ascribe my "enemies...Michael Neibel: I already ascribe my "enemies'" philosophies to the ultimate villains: "...then it is thanks to generations of philosophers, going back to David Hume, Immanuel Kant and Georg Hegel (or even further back to Plato) who preached that “reality” is not accessible to man. It exists in some other-worldly realm impervious to man’s lying, stunted senses, so, who knows what the truth is?" If readers can't or won't make the connection, as I remarked in an earlier column, then I can't help them. Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-69273426719836299322014-12-14T12:43:02.582-05:002014-12-14T12:43:02.582-05:00Although you mentioned them with the reference to ...Although you mentioned them with the reference to pundits et al, I would have made number 12 university professors of philosophy and the social sciences who deserve their own number. Maybe even number 1 since their ideas created the rest of the list.Michael Neibelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321103608597264855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-910729871490269532014-12-13T20:38:50.485-05:002014-12-13T20:38:50.485-05:00An alternative title to this column could have bee...An alternative title to this column could have been "Here Lies Barack Obama." But that title might have been red-flagged by the NSA or some other federal outfit that monitors blog spots. Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.com