Line #16 Tropers/PaulusLeto


1	[[AltumVidetur Salutem, et pax vobiscum!]]
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3	Hello, just another 19 year old Chicagolander troper here!
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5	I'm a "Chinese-Filipino-Spanish-American" troper weaving through the [[{{Mordor}} hallowed halls of academia]][[note]] i.e. University, more specifically the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign[[/note]]. My friends tell me that I'm a [[CloudCuckooLander little crazy]] (I'm not sure that can be helped), that I apologize too much (working on that), and that I'm still infamous for a tendency to ask random, off-topic questions (though I've been trying to fix that as well).
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7	I've lived in multiple countries in three of seven continents and visited five of seven.
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10	Well, hopefully there won't be any more third-person self-referrals any more... I used to edit here anonymously, and most of my posts were just minor edits here and there; I don't really edit that much anymore, though I might start editing once summer kicks in!
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15	[[folder:Classical Philosophy, Metaphysics, & Ethics]]
16	Suffice to say that I'd always recommend reading the primary authors themselves... but these are some of the works that've helped me understand their philosophical systems.
17	* By [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alasdair_MacIntyre Alasdair MacIntyre]]:
18	** Whose Justice? Which Rationality? - This book examined the ethical systems and philosophies of Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas and Hume. The reviews on Amazon can do better than I can to explain.
19	** After Virtue - A book in which MacIntyre criticizes current moral systems and attempts to argue Aristotelian Virtue Ethics in its place.
20	* By [[http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/ Edward Feser]]:
21	** The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism - A general response to the "Four Horsemen of Atheism" and their famed books. While it mainly addresses arguments regarding God, there's a heavy focus on explaining and defending the metaphysics and philosophy of Aquinas (and Aristotle before him). Please be aware, it's polemical and [[DeadpanSnarker Feser's somewhat snide at times]].
22	** Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide - This really should be required reading for Aquinas... It goes into somewhat deeper detail regarding Thomistic Metaphysics than the previous book and is far less snarky, but I admit that it doesn't flow as well. It's definitely linear.
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25	[[folder:Video Games & Visual Novels]]
26	Shoot 'em Up
27	* [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Touhou]]:
28	** Highly Responsive to Prayers
29	** Mystic Square
30	** Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
31	** Perfect Cherry Blossom
32	** Imperishable Night
33	** Mountain of Faith
34	** Unthinkable Natural Law
35	** Unidentified Fantastic Object
36	** Ten Desires
37	RTS
38	* Age of Empires III
39	* Age of Mythology & Age of Mythology the Titans
40	* Battle Realms
41	* Battle for Middle Earth II
42	TBS
43	* [[Franchise/FireEmblem Fire Emblem]]: I'm a huge fanboy. Let's just leave it at that...
44	** Thracia 776 - RIP Super Famicom... Oh wait.
45	** Blazing Sword
46	** Sword of Seals / Binding Blade
47	** The Sacred Stones
48	** Path of Radiance
49	** Radiant Dawn
50	* [[VideoGame/{{Civilization}} Civilization]]
51	** IV: Beyond the Sword
52	** [[{{VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri}} Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire]]
53	* Battle for Wesnoth
54	* [[{{VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis}} Europa Universalis III]]
55	* Heroes of Might and Magic V & VI
56	Fighting & RPGs
57	* Marvel vs. Capcom
58	* Tales of Symphonia
59	* Tales of the Abyss
60	* Tales of Vesperia
61	* Final Fantasy XII
62	* Persona 3
63	* Persona 4
64	VNs
65	* [[Franchise/WhenTheyCry When They Cry]]:
66	** Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
67	** Umineko no Naku Koro ni - Apparently, my laugh's worse than Beatrice's.
68	** ALL THE FIGHTING GAMES.
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72	How many angels can dance at the head of a pin?
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74	Some say none, others say one, a few [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2576 say 3 * 10^64]], and the last group usually goes with [[DorothyLSayers "infinitely many"]]. A friend of mine asked me this very question a while ago, so I'll do my best to answer.
75	* Some say 3 * 10^64, assuming angels take up a minimal (planck) space, and assuming some rather odd standard dimensions for a 'pin-head'.
76	* However, angels are pure form, lack material, and are thus not subject to the exclusionary principle of "No two or more (material) objects can be at the same place at the same time." From this we can argue that an infinite number of angels could dance on a pin-head.
77	* On the other hand, as pure form, angels are pure intelligences and pin-heads... aren't. And there can be no association between intelligence and the lack thereof, the answer may be none.
78	* But this isn't quite right either, according to the systemic presuppositions in which this question was asked, we can assume that the pin-head would have a guardian angel, who would not abandon said pin-head no matter his lack of intelligence. So the answer is at the very least one.
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