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DavidShallcross
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That's nominative and accusitive plural, but shouldn't "Welcome to the x" take the dative case? So, it should be "Welcome to the forīs". |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Now others are stealing your bit young grasshopper. You must defend your honor and the skills I have taught you! Sorry, watched the remake of Karate Kid last night. |
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larinon
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Excellent point. We could say "The fora at ANN are awesome" but to use it as the object of a preposition is a different matter entirely, thus the dative case. I admit, it has been 14 years since I last studied or received any instruction in Latin. |
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Nemo of Mentis
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I don't think I ever did this.
Name: Nathaniel Mollen. Known as KonoBaka, Nemo Mentisson, and SeñorNemo in other parts of the internet. Sex: Male Blood type: Blu...you know what, nevermind. Location: Alexandria, VA //when off from college Age: 20 Marital status: Single. Drink/smoke: Neither. Likes: Art, Writing, Philosophy, Film, Music, Photography, Running, Games, Linguistics, History, and naturally, Anime. Dislikes: Irrationalism, mental state ethical theorists, and myself. Favorite anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor 2, Interstella 5555, and...M.D. Geist =P Favorite manga: I need to read more, but Akira and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou are both pretty great. Favorite novels: Ender's Game, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings, Master and Commander, and the collected short stories of Arthur C. Clarke. Favorite games: Mass Effect 2, Starcraft, Ace Combat, Portal, Civ 4, Touhou, TES V Skyrim Favorite TV series: Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Firefly, The Daily Show, and Whose Line is it Anyway Favorite music: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak, Junnya Ota, Daft Punk, Justice, Mihey i Jumangee, The Jazz Messengers, Demetori...too many. Fun facts: >I'm a philosophy major...wait, you said fun facts. (But seriously though, philosophy is fun.) >I'm minoring in creative writing, film studies, and Japanese. Those are more fun sounding, right? >For an anime fan, I sure watch anime pretty slowly. >I'm one of those guys who just loves the rain. >I'm also one of those "lazy perfectionist" sorts. This has bit me in the ass on numerous occasions. >I play tabletop RPGs, design lego models, and plan out constructed languages for fun. よろしくね。 |
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nobahn
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Nathaniel Mollen--
Please accept this belated welcome to the fora! --Nate B. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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+5 points for you for even knowing the title lol. |
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Zin5ki
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Might I ask why you hold such an attitude? The Humean tradition is quite diverse, and in recent decades we have seen the flourishing of expressivist frameworks that meet all of our intuitive demands concerning the normativity of first-order judgements. (My personal research interests concern the rare occasions in which something of a similar vein is penned in aesthetics.) |
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Nemo of Mentis
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Thanks y'all.
That, and the utilitarian varieties can get so demanding to the point where they no longer seem useful as an ethical theory because there is no plausible way to apply them. For instance, Singer's notable piece Famine, Affluence, and Morality, while interesting in its attempt to reevaluate utilitarianism in the context of modern premises, fails rather spectacularly in this regard for various reasons, but which I won't get into here for the sake of not going too off topic in the Introduce Yourself thread on an anime board. Then again, I suppose that I have an unspoken premise that an ethical system has to be somehow useful to be a valid account, which is probably pretty hard to justify as well. Eh, c'est la vie. Addendum: Actually, I like reading Singer just because he's one of the few philosophers, like, ever, who can actually write in a way that isn't completely obtuse. I'm currently trying to get through a piece by Bennett on "positive and negative propositions." Fuuuuuuuuuuu〜 Last edited by Nemo of Mentis on Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Errinundra
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Forgive the name dropping but I once had lunch with Peter Singer, in a cafe here in Melbourne. I'm not a philosopher but I like the way he attempts to base a system of ethics on rational principles, rather than faith. It's partly because of him that I've been a vegetarian for over twenty years.
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Nemo of Mentis
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Yeah, most philosophers strive for a rational basis for ethics. Kant was the first to put it quite in those terms, but he certainly wasn't the first rational ethicist. Funny how Kant and Singer are pretty much at polar opposites of the spectrum =P |
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MadShadow42
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* Blows up the front door with his mind *
Good day fair folks of ANN. I am the Gentleman of the Night. I'm not part of too terribly many forums, so I haven't had to introduce myself in awhile, but here goes. Name: Matt Von Gonten (Yes, that's two parts of a single surname); Just call me by my username Gender: Male Blood Type: What interest would I have in my own blood? Hometown: Temecula, CA Location: Norman, OK (University of Oklahoma) Age: 20 Beliefs: Apatheistic (I don't concern myself with rationalizing the imperceptible) Likes: Literature, film, fiction in general, intelligent discussion, splitting hairs over semantics (my guilty pleasure), cooking, running, exploring nature, and obviously anime. Dislikes: Wasting time on things that are neither productive nor amusing, Also you, if you get on my bad side. Favorite Anime: Haibane Renmei, Wolf's Rain, RahXephon, Time of Eve, Fullmetal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Baccano, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Princess Tutu, Trigun... to name a few Favorite Manga: Haven't read many manga, but off the top of my head Berserk, Fruits Basket, Yokohama Shopping Log, Monster, Mushishi As for what kind of person I am, well... you'll have to get to know me to find out. |
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DuskyPredator
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How can I not greet someone who announces themself as the Gentleman of the Night, and blows things up with their mind? Welcome to the forums MadShadow42, or what ever the word used by the other poster that I suspect is not real.
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st_owly
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Eh, I thought the dative of forum would be foro...
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DavidShallcross
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That's dative singular. Dative plural is foris, at least if I believe Wiktionary. But I've never studied Latin, so I could be wrong. |
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Errinundra
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My Wheelock's Latin Grammar confirms it as foris.
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