Talk:Misanthropy
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[edit] Opening Paragraph
There is a weird parenthetical in the opening paragraph:
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- Misanthropy is a generalized dislike, distrust, disgust, contempt, or hatred of the human species. A misanthrope is someone (Alexis) who harbors those views and feelings. ...
Who is Alexis? and why is this the paraenthetical relevant here?
[edit] Front and Back clean-up
Effected a very conservative clean-up and expansion per the requesting tags. I didn't go into the inherently misanthropic nature of the Abrahamic religions, the lack of the concept in Chinese or other cultures not subject to that belief system, or other controversial but copiously sourcable currents. 72.228.177.92 (talk) 18:51, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
- Also, I really wanted to pull the mention of "human nature" which is, as distinct from scientific studies of various aspects of human being, a bullshit concept dear to the ignorant and Conservatives, but didn't as I take impartiality and soforth seriously as an editor. 72.228.177.92 (talk) 18:59, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Names at the bottom of the article
GG Allin Boyd Rice Gregory House
I don't see why they should be there. It is well explained what a misanthrope exactly is, 'popular' examples aren't necessary - especially the 'Gregory House' entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.169.205.134 (talk) 10:06, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Heidegger Mention
This assertion regarding Martin Heidegger: ...also showed misanthropy in his concern of the "they" — the tendency of people to conform to one view, which no-one has really thought through, but is just followed because, "they say so". Unlike Schopenhauer, Heidegger was opposed to any ethics or reason to treat others with respect.
This strongly worded and un-referenced. To be sure, I just read the entire Heidegger page and still find no text in tune with that statement. I think such a strongly opinionated statement should be referenced to some decent source material, otherwise it just sounds like someone had a axe to grind. I've known a few fellow students who loved reading Heidegger, and I never got that sense of them either.
If no reference can be found, at least the statement should be better explained. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.189.245.231 (talk) 04:42, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
