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<blockquote data-quote="smoelf" data-source="post: 5587284" data-attributes="member: 93390"><p>I'm currently studying theology and are about to take my exams in general philosophy next week. A thing I've wondered a bit about lately is if any of you have ever used philosophy when building a fantasy world and especially when fleshing out the races. It came to me in a random thought that if such a thing as a goblin philosopher existed what would he think about? What sort of outlook on life would he have, what questions would he be answering? (Meaning of life or epistemology?) Which real world philosophy could be applied to them with a twist? Nihilism and master-slave morality? </p><p> </p><p>Perhaps goblins are too savage to grasp the concept of philosophy, but what about elves and dwarves? I think it could be an interesting and fun project to write a something down to represent moral and philosophy for each race. It could certainly add some amazing details.</p><p> </p><p>Theology might be trickier if the Gods exist and the people knows it, but each race might have a different take on the Gods like the Eastern and Western church in the middle ages.</p><p> </p><p>Thoughts?</p><p> </p><p>(I couldn't really find a prefix that would fit something akin to worldbuilding but I guess Game theory and Design can do the job.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smoelf, post: 5587284, member: 93390"] I'm currently studying theology and are about to take my exams in general philosophy next week. A thing I've wondered a bit about lately is if any of you have ever used philosophy when building a fantasy world and especially when fleshing out the races. It came to me in a random thought that if such a thing as a goblin philosopher existed what would he think about? What sort of outlook on life would he have, what questions would he be answering? (Meaning of life or epistemology?) Which real world philosophy could be applied to them with a twist? Nihilism and master-slave morality? Perhaps goblins are too savage to grasp the concept of philosophy, but what about elves and dwarves? I think it could be an interesting and fun project to write a something down to represent moral and philosophy for each race. It could certainly add some amazing details. Theology might be trickier if the Gods exist and the people knows it, but each race might have a different take on the Gods like the Eastern and Western church in the middle ages. Thoughts? (I couldn't really find a prefix that would fit something akin to worldbuilding but I guess Game theory and Design can do the job.) [/QUOTE]
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