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Posted: **Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:25 pm**

DoomYoshi wrote:Round Two
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel vs Immanuel Kant

Who do you pick?

You can use any criteria you want.
Here are some suggested criteria:

Was Kant's refutation of Hume's philosophy or Hegel's refutation of Hume's philosophy more impactful?

Does the breadth of Hegel's non-philosophical publications (on History and Religion) impress you more than the philosophy oriented Kant?

Hegel directly worked with what Kant started. Is the Critique of Pure Reason a better product than the upgraded Hegelian idealism?

Who is more handsome?

Hegel

or Kant

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Posted: **Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:49 am**

A lot of people said they were anticipating the continuation of this series. Where are those people?

Posted: **Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:51 am**

DoomYoshi wrote:A lot of people said they were anticipating the continuation of this series. Where are those people?

I voted Kant mostly because I think he's more popular.

Posted: **Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:05 pm**

I voted for Kant because it used to be that the only thing I knew about him was from Ayn Rand's rants against him. So for many years I hated him by proxy without having a clear idea of what he said. Then one day I saw some less vitriolic analysis of his work, and it all makes sense, so I changed course and decided to love him, by way of doing penance for having unjustly hated him earlier.

Don't ask me to dip below the meta and explain him, though...

Hegel, on the other hand, I have read firsthand, and he's a morose old prick, just like the picture shows.

Posted: **Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:44 am**

Neither of these guys appear to be able to look at the camera to have a portrait taken.

Posted: **Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:17 pm**

ManBungalow wrote:Neither of these guys appear to be able to look at the camera to have a portrait taken.

They're both sitting for portraits. Clearly there's a difference in philosophy regarding the artist's assistant. Kant is obviously a leg man.

Posted: **Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:46 am**

Ok, we are now at 5 votes. When we get the requisite 10, I will post Round 3.

Posted: **Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:26 pm**

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