Is the aphorism our era's philosophical format?

>>2940591
It is nothing new. In ancient greece they have done it. Sentences like: "Being moderate is the best." The work starts with single observations that are written laconic, from time to time you add something to it and make conclusions with such premises. It´s like a snowball getting bigger when it´s rolled in snow.

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>>2940591
Yes

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>>2940726
The question is not whether it's new, but if it's the preferred/main format in which philosphy is written nowadays. I would say yes. Not only philosophy, but blogging, poetry, and prose literature too have an aphoristic quality, which is facilitated by the short-format of the majority of WWW media like tumblr, and twitter.

>>2943386
More like this?

>>2943458
So do you mean shitposts are aphorisms? I think aphorisms should be relevant.

>>2944416
>So do you mean shitposts are aphorisms?

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No...

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>>2943458
I concur.

>greentext narration is another example

>>2944523
Good, that means you are sane. I would not say it´s facilitated by those media, but forced by making only short posts possible. It is just easier to post short messages in public.

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>>2947584
Maybe you're right. Maybe the shortform medium is an inducer and cause, rather than a consequence, but still, Gen Y, and Gen Z (and younger people in general) tend think, and talk, also in a short, concrete manner that is immediate, and shortform media facilitate that tendency by requiring shortness, concreteness, and immediacy.