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I was sitting in class the other day, the prof talking about Galileo and Hobbes, and he summed up Hobbes thoughts on civil government with the quip: "Rocks fall, everyone forms civil societies!", the rocks falling bit relating to how Hobbes adapted the principle of inertia to politics.
The nearness of it to the standard d&d line, "Rocks fall, everyone dies." had me cracking up. Course, no one else in the class knew what I was laughing about. But that's not so uncommon.
Anyway.
It got me thinking about other philosophers and how their thoughts or ideas could be summed up into one line catchphrases related to d&d. Yes, not even the Copernican revolution can keep my mind from d&d, apparently.
Here's a few I've thought of:
Nietzsche: "Alignments are for slaves."
Socrates: "Use True Seeing to bypass the illusions of the world."
Hegel: "The Spirit of the World is my shapeshifting animal companion."
Heraklitus*: "Everything is a Fire elemental in a different form."
Parmenides: "Only with Divine Favor will you walk the Way of Truth."
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I suppose they wouldn't be funny unless you understand the particular philosopher. Then again, they might not be funny regardless.
*Different spelling to bypass the censor.
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And I just thought of one for Star Trek:
Nietzsche/Scotty: "She's got no will to power, Cap'n!"
"One death is a tragedy; one million deaths is a lot of XP."
"2+INT skill points ought to be enough for anyone."
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Plato: I think Emperor Tippy has a good system of government going there.
Referring to the City from the Republic? From what I know of the Tippyverse Emperor Tippy is some kinda of tyrannical god, right?
The City outlined in the Republic, with the Guardians and eugenics and censorship and all, is actually Socrates description of a fevered city. His description of an ideal city happens right before they talk about that city, and is all of two paragraphs.
Referring to the City from the Republic? From what I know of the Tippyverse Emperor Tippy is some kinda of tyrannical god, right?
The City outlined in the Republic, with the Guardians and eugenics and censorship and all, is actually Socrates description of a fevered city. His description of an ideal city happens right before they talk about that city, and is all of two paragraphs.
Emperor Tippy was the guy who suggested the Tippyverse, wherein wizards (philosophers) take over en masse and use magic and their vast intellect to learn and solve all problems. Or at least all their particular governance's problems.
It was a a throwaway gag.
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"All warfare is based on Bluff checks."
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"Be a rogue. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate."
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Mark Twain: Dance like you have Greater Invisibility. Sing like you're Silenced. Love like you've never taken hit point damage and live like you've been Plane Shifted to Celestia.
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Mark Twain: Dance like you have Greater Invisiibility, sing like you're Silenced. Love like you've never taken hit point damage and live like you've been Plane Shifted to Celestia.
And here I thought Sun Tzu would suggest a combination of diviner/battlefield controller.
Having read Sun Tzu, I'd say he'd actually be a cleric. The first line of the Art of War is actually an admonishment telling states not to go to war lightly. Funnily enough, for such a great general, Sun Tzu actually counseled that war should only be used as a last resort, which makes him all the more greater in my eyes.
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Machiavelli "It is a sound maxim that when an act is evil, the result may excuse it, and when the result is good, always excuses it"
Maybe it should be - It is a sound maxim that when an act is stupid, the dice may excuse it, and when the dice is a natural 20, always excuses it.
Nietzche: The DM IS DEAD!
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