"And how do you plead to the charge of obscurantism?"
"The theory of a 'plea' is organized, understood, and experienced prior to any conscious intention as a theory of language. Before we constructed signs we have a presupposed theory of both implicit thought, grasped as pure presentness, and explicit language, grasped as an obliteration of all signs and structures of thought. These two modes must come together in an infinite manifold in order for any 'plea' to be made."
"God damnit Derrida, come on."
"The theory of a 'plea' is organized, understood, and experienced prior to any conscious intention as a theory of language. Before we constructed signs we have a presupposed theory of both implicit thought, grasped as pure presentness, and explicit language, grasped as an obliteration of all signs and structures of thought. These two modes must come together in an infinite manifold in order for any 'plea' to be made."
"God damnit Derrida, come on."
Camus: "Wait, so if the meaning of life is arbitrary, maybe it can just be seducing as many girls as possible?"
Sartre: "It isn't that arbitrary."
Sartre: "It isn't that arbitrary."
It's like that show "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", but instead of a gang of nihilistic, uneducated narcissists it is a gang of nihilistic, educated narcissists.
"Wait a minute...what if there is some kind of evil demon who is deceiving me into thinking God is necessarily good? Oh yeah, that's right, God wouldn't let that happen because he is necessarily good."
"What was your last cult?"
"The Epicureans. It was like 90% just eating pots of cheese though, kind of lame."
"The Epicureans. It was like 90% just eating pots of cheese though, kind of lame."