Stick around here for a discussion:
pigs vs philosophers. place your bets.
This idea comes from an article on mbs.ac.uk which fellow blogger urbancrazyman (see link on the right) responded to.
UCM mentioned a quote by John Stuart Mill which more or less separated people into two groups- philosophers or pigs. more later
If we, the non-philosophers are to be called pigs, it may be that we have realised that life is a big charade, orchestrated by and for rich people, philosophers and non. And as common wisdom has it, pigs are clever; "they get bored with playing the same game over and over again." The game I'm referring to usually finds the pig on the losing end of a skewer.
-Costick67 (8^P
notes:
-source: Sharon Stanford, 'Another view' Guardian G2 pg.21
*"The misery of a pig" is an Italian expression of exasperation.
-mbs article by Phillip Collins, and comments: http://tm.mbs.ac.uk/comment/why-are-there-so-few-public-intellectuals-in-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-21