User:Jabot the Scrob

Hello. I am an entity named Jabot the Scrob. I like a variety of stuff. I am more specifically interested in philosophical theories of culture, particularly those that will allow us a very broad spectrum view of epistemology, and ultimately ethics. Mostly I am a lurker because sometimes it seems that when I bother to edit this page it can soak up alot of time I would otherwise spend reading the articles, which is usually more interesting. I will try to spruce up this page alittle more though to make it more meaningful by trying to explain why items are listed here (at least a little bit). I am a big fan of the random article button!

Languages

 * philosophy of language-I'm interested in a general sort of way. I have written papers on the importance of philosophy of language in the Chuang Tzu, and in the development of chemistry from alchemy.
 * synthetic language-I'm interested in linguistic properties like this, partly from the philosophy of language perspective but also from a poetic perspective. I am trying to think alittle about whether knowledge of the abstract properties of language would help a poet to write more sophisticated poetry, or whether it comes down more to simple practice and familiarity which might include a kind of intuitive grasp of such properties.
 * Ancient Greek-especially for philosopher's, ancient greek is just cool, also Homer! I can read the letters and know some words, (mostly philosophy terms or that have a clear English derivative)
 * Latin-ditto, both philosophy and poetry, not much actual knowledge though.
 * French language-I've studied this for some time, though you wouldn't know it to speak to me! I will look into getting one of those linguistic signs some people have on their pages.
 * German language-I am currently studying this language.
 * Chinese language-I am studying this in my spare time which is pretty rarely.

Mathematical Physics

 * Isaac Newton
 * Noether's theorem
 * Henri Poincaré
 * Group Theory
 * Erlangen Program

Conquerors

 * Napoleon
 * Alexander the Great
 * Sargon of Akkad-I'm currently reading up on Ancient Mesopotamian history and literature

Poets

 * Ezra Pound
 * T.S. Eliot
 * John Berryman
 * Robert Lowell
 * Byron

Wikiproject: Philosophy
I would like to say I am more involved. At this point, my only involvement is to have this sign on my page.