Ok, sorry guys. No pictures yet. But it's gonna be SOON, I promise.
Easter is coming in 2 days so hopefully you will get a glimpse of me in
the land of Oz.
There's something that I
have against philosophers. And I mean people who philosophizes all the
time basically. I mean, Its not wrong to reflect and instropect in your
life actually, it gives you a sense of purpose to drive your life
forwards. But to make yourself a full-time philosopher and question and
reflect every shit thrown at you is quite stupid, imo.
There is a simple reason why we philosophize. It is based on problem
-> solution situation. We philosophize until a problem is solved.
Thats fine. Do we still need to philosophize after it is solved? I
don't think so. Probably until another problem that comes up in your
life, then it's probably reasonable to instropect again.
I
think of philosophy more as a tool than something that you want to be.
From philosophy, you create principles that you hold to in your life.
People can be an engineer and still philophize or be a doctor and
philosophize. I also don't believe in someone being solely an artist,
because anyone else can be an artist at the same time despite being an
engineer, lawyer, politician etc. There's always an art aspect to
every job there is. Same goes to philosophy.
Lets think about this scenario:
Say, a boy, who has lived his life for about 25 years now, started
reflecting back on his life since he was a child. He started to
understand more deeply about himself and begin to make changes in his
life. He also starts to question things more and avoids the mistake he
would do now to make a better future as well. He goes deeper into
philosophy and started philosophizing everything he does or anything
that happens to him. He keeps it this way until he is 40 years
old. Then he looks back in his life since he was 25, he realized
that nothing in his life has not really moved on. He was still the same
man stranded there on that 25 years mark, questioning everything and
everywhere.
bodicea May 2, 2006 03:26 PM PDT sorkia: yes, I concur. The approach matters the most. The approach tells a lot about a person. So, here, what is the approach used for? To find the answer you want, no? In the end, it's still about seeking the solution to a matter unsolved. It's just the way you would approach the End.
Cheers.
Frus April 16, 2006 01:23 AM PDT sorkia: thats an excellent insight. the creation of principles
sorkia April 15, 2006 06:59 PM PDT imo, what makes a philospher is not looking for solutions to problems and going about it all day all night.
what makes a philosopher is the approach to a given problem, debate, argument, or subject :)
Frus April 13, 2006 04:14 PM PDT albert: haha, the philosophy of accounts? I'm sure there is one! maybe like, how would how precision and accuracy of data recording can save a lot of problems by efficiency, then maybe you start to see how money goes around the world and thus makes the world go round with it. etc.
bodicea April 13, 2006 02:20 PM PDT albert: hehe. questions: (say you're an accountant) how can you be sure of the information given to you for input? how can you be sure that no one cheated about their business transactions? (even if u're not the accountant) how sure are you that the accountant/auditor didn't cheat or wasn't careless?
we will never learn to trust if we keep practicing Cynicism :)
Albert Ng April 13, 2006 10:56 AM PDT How can you be philosophical about say, accounts?
Frus April 13, 2006 12:02 AM PDT bodicea: heh. true
bodicea April 12, 2006 11:41 PM PDT heh. well, those who asks questions for the sake of asking questions are fuckwits who have nbtd than to be a pain in the arse, not a philosopher of any kind. Period.
Why not a philosopher even after I say that there's a philosopher in everyone? Philosophy literally means "love of wisdom" in Greek. Hello? Did those fuckwits get enlightened in any way?
Frus April 12, 2006 12:12 AM PDT Bodicea: Great stuffs there. Its good to question whether is a solution is actually solved or not, or whether this "philosophical" phase actually helps the problem or not. Perhaps it could be solved without even answering or questioning the problem.
And I definitely agree theres a philosopher in everyone. And thanks for correcting me there about the stupid philosopher thing. Theres a reason why Socrates or Plato came up with such influential philosophies and it was probably they were finding solutions to the solutions they were facing during their period of time. They definitely don't question everything for the sake of it. Therefore they did not waste their life doing it. Thank you for contributing your opinion.
bodicea April 11, 2006 10:03 PM PDT Interesting post.
Well, imho, I agree that philosophy should is a PART of life, not the whole picture of life. After all, we need experiences in more than one field of life to be able to logically question anything else at all. Besides, people would question your credibility if you lack experience. But I disagree that philosophers are stupid, because if you have studied philosophy, the works of the likes of Socrates and Plato (who are full-time philosophers) have greatly influenced the world throughout the medieval period til today.
You say that we shouldn't question the "solutions" to the problems. How do you know if anything is solved or not? Do you actually think that there's a definite answer to anything in your life?
Of course, it is more often tedious if we were to keep questioning every answer we think is not self-sufficient enough. I think the question shouldn't be "Are philosophers smart or stupid?" but it should something like be "What kind of philosophers are stupid?", because if you have read one of my (mainly) philosophical posts, imho, there is a philosopher in everyone. It's only the matter of the kind of philosopher you choose to be.
Frus April 11, 2006 01:19 PM PDT hxian: Agreed.
hxian April 10, 2006 08:34 PM PDT its human nature to question everything around us and ourselves. that is the baseline of philosophy. tho, yea, dwelling too much in thought about every single aspect is silly. makes a person paranoid of the things that have yet to come.
Frus April 10, 2006 08:02 PM PDT cynical: yes, thats the part where he changed into a "philosopher". It was when after he changed into that "philosopher" which makes him stranded. Thanks for your opinion.
cynical-idealist April 10, 2006 07:44 PM PDT Ah, but if he has begun "to make changes in his life" so he can now "avoids the mistake he would do now to make a better future", won't some change have already happened? and thus he definitely won't stay stranded i the same spot?
