gg dunheon defenders and also waddle r us :]

Echoing what Marxist said - I read through the excerpt and felt fairly certain that Leahy was going to be a professor of Philosophy focusing in the analytic tradition. It's dense work to be sure, but I'd agree that rather than bad writing it actually is just a) in-depth and b) written like philosophical works tend to be. This took me back to trying to muck through Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Blech.

You do need some academic background in philosophy to get through readings like this, and even "easier" excerpts like you might read in Aristotle's Metaphysics, Plato Republic, or Descartes' Meditations (not saying they're easier to be pretentious, but because they are often the go-to works for introductory philosophy courses) are written and translated - essentially, presented - using language in a way that is completely different from how we're accustomed to reading works in other academic pursuits (including any other humanities, social sciences, fine arts).

That being said, while I was in school I found the best way for me to try to get through texts like the one you shared here, whymeo, or the ones I mentioned (or the authors Marxist mentioned!) is by reading them aloud. It forces you to slow down a bit and figure out where the emphasis is supposed to be and how the sentences are actually supposed to be understood. Some of the work I found most valuable and challenging, especially in my freshman year, was writing summaries of excerpts in my own words.

Thanks for sharing, I'm kind of interested to read this (I probably won't end up doing it, but maybe I'll find a summation online). :) Also, everyone should consider taking an intro to philosophy course if you get the opportunity. Bit off topic but the widely accepted view of philosophy in popular culture is grossly misinformed and based loosely on those pesky continental quacks who ruined it for the serious guys! (No offense to those of you who are into continental philosophy!)

these are my two favourites

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If anyone in tftvland is interested in playing this game, I have a 75% discount coupon that I won't be using. Ori is a stunning game that I'd happily recommend picking up. Let me know if you'd like the coupon! :]

edit - coupon is gone!!

gg Bandits!!

there are a lot of players who have great aim with needle guns! one time blaze beat me in mge as needle gun medic.

i was playing soldier.
not a proud day for me.

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I enjoy pugging with a solid 85% of the people around, but in terms of people I don't know very well, I enjoy playing with kawa, delpo, froot, Saturn, Vand, Percy, and TheKing.

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This is a good person to mentor! He is smart as a whip and is a good team leader. Please help him out!

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I REALLY LIKE THEATRE

That being said I haven't participated in any theatre stuff since high school, but some favourites are The Last Five Years, Anything Goes! (Sutton Foster killed in her role a few years ago), Guys and Dolls (Marlon Brando hnrhgrhhh), Phantom of the Opera (of course), West Side Story (watching it on TCM as I respond to you here), yes Hamilton is incredible, and Funny Face. I have a soft spot in my heart for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes because I was involved with it in my senior year of high school.

I hadn't heard of The Last Five Years until the Anna Kendrick/Jeremy Jordan film version, but it's really very good. It's kind of intense to commit to watching because it is actually 99% music/musical dialogue, but the way it's structured is so interesting and the story is beautifully told.

These are excellent and friendly gamers. Plus they have a Canadian on roamer, what could go wrong?