In a Possible World Far, Far Away


By now you’ve all seen the new Star Wars trailer, so, philosofriends…

“IĀ find your bad faith disturbing” — Sartre Vader

Sartre Vader 1

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Nerf Herder
Nerf Herder
9 years ago

“Help me David Hume, you’re my only hope.” — Jesse Prinzess Leia

Joe
Joe
9 years ago

Oh, no. Oh, please, no. No more thinly disguised institutional coping.

Greg Littmann
Greg Littmann
9 years ago

“If you strike me down, I will become more powerful then you can possibly imagine.”–Socrates

“I won’t lie to a cop. These are the droids you are looking for. But harming them would be unjust.”–Socrates

“Where are you going, stormtroopers, doing nothing that you ought – aurgh!”–Socrates

“Sophists frighten easily, but they’ll be back and in greater numbers”–Socrates

Daniel Silvermint
Daniel Silvermint
9 years ago

“When 900 years old you reach, look as good, you will not.” — Maimonides

Daniel Silvermint
Daniel Silvermint
9 years ago

“It’s a trap!” — Overheard on a footbridge

Daniel Silvermint
Daniel Silvermint
9 years ago

“No, Lewis – I am your father.”
*Incredulous stare*

Daniel Silvermint
Daniel Silvermint
9 years ago

“Who’s scruffy-lookin’?” — Any number of philosophers, really

Daniel Silvermint
Daniel Silvermint
9 years ago

“Thatā€™s no moon, itā€™s a space station.” — Leibniz

Eric
Eric
9 years ago

“The Forms will be with you. Always.” -Plato-wan Kenobi

“Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design.” -Emperor William Paleytine

anon79
anon79
9 years ago

“Yoosa should alwaysa maxisimize the good, okeeday?” – J.J.B. Smart

Jamie Dreier
Jamie Dreier
9 years ago

“If you’re really my father, we have a whole lot of reparation ahead of us.” -Margaret Urban Skywalker

Johann Klaassen
9 years ago

“Laugh it up, fuzzball!” Simone de Beauvoir
(according to my brother)

abc123
abc123
9 years ago

“luminous beings are we, not this crude matter” George Yoghurt Berkeley

abc123
abc123
9 years ago

ā€œSorry about the mess.ā€ Heidegger Solo

abc123
abc123
9 years ago

ā€œHeā€™s the brains, sweetheart!ā€ Wittgenstein on Ramsey

Alan White
Alan White
9 years ago

“Never tell me the odds!” –HĆ”jek Solo

Alan White
Alan White
9 years ago

ā€œLuminous beings are we, not this crude matter.ā€ Yoda van Inwagen

David Wallace
David Wallace
9 years ago

The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the (expressive) power of the predicate calculus.

Eric Winsberg
Eric Winsberg
9 years ago

“I have a bad feeling about this”
Thales-out stargazing
Socrates- The apology
Descartes–on his way to Sweden
Kant- Picking up the Enquiry for the first time
Frege- opening a letter from Russell

(I think the line occurs seven times in SW so I need two more)