[HN Gopher] My Pal, the Ancient Philosopher
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       My Pal, the Ancient Philosopher
        
       Author : HR01
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2024-12-18 13:46 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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       | pedroigor91 wrote:
       | This philosopher's name wouldn't work in Brazil...
        
         | the-chitmonger wrote:
         | I tried looking up what Mengzi might mean in Brazil (or
         | alternatively, in Portuguese) and couldn't find anything. Would
         | you mind elaborating?
        
           | t-3 wrote:
           | Possibly from https://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/mengar/ ?
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           | Just an aside, it's really bizarre that it's transliterated
           | as Mengzi in the article. IMO, it would be much better to use
           | the translation (Master Meng) or the far more common and more
           | recognizable Mencius (which is at least mentioned).
        
       | tyrust wrote:
       | Thematically related recent piece about how Machiavelli and Du
       | Bois had a similar perspective:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42127895
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       | Also, early this year I read Pigliucci's How to Be a Stoic. In
       | that book the author often references that he had "conversations"
       | with his "friend" Epictetus.
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       | All this to say: there might be something to this practice of
       | befriending the dead.
        
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