wrote this in notepad and dont feel like fixing it
Let's talk a little about philosophy today. I believe, as Heidiger did, that we need to ditch
philosphy for thinking. because if you believe that philosophy is a search for meaning, you
are limiting yourself to an institutionalized view of thinking. and thinking is a trancendental
unifier. even an identifier of god. but lets not tangent.
the human condition is a finite situation.
Defined by cornell West as:
we are beings toward death. we are featherless, two legged, linguistically concious
creatures. Born between urine and feces, and whose body will one day be the cullinary
delight of terrestrial worms. That's us. we're beings toward death.
at the same time we have desire.why we are organisms in space and time, so its desire in
the face of death.
then you've got dogmatism: various attempts to hold on to certainty. Various forms of
idolatry.
and you've got dialouge in the face of domatism
then of course, structural and institutional, you have domination. and you have democracy,
you have attempts of people trying to render accountable:Elites, kings, queens, souserans,
corporate elites, politicians. trying to make these elites accountable to everyday people.
so philosophy itself becomes a critical disposition of wrestling with desire in the face of
death, wrestling with dialogue in the face of dogmatism, and wrestling with democracy
(trying to keep alive very fragile democratic experiments) in the face and structures of
domination (imperial power, state power, patriarchy, white supremacy) all those
concentrated forms of power that are not accountable to people, who are affected by it.
Philosophy has a spoken element, but is, for the most part, written. So, knowing that, I have
to ask, Is philosophy a pursuit of meaning? what do we gain from the past? I beleive that
philosophy is a way to better understand ourselves. Whether we take a certain point of view,
or whether we just constantly float around and dabble in different ideologies, philosophy is
taking the thoughts and actions from people of the past and applying them to our lives in an
effort to better understand ourselves.
now onto...brotherly love I guess. or love in general.
I dont subscribe to the theory that a person needs to be like me in order to be loved. we
need an ocean of global citizenship.
as people, we have a virtual relationship with everyone else around us. Sure we can
manage relationships with family, sister brother, mother , cousins, and friends. Thats what
we are made for, micro-management. though we realize we are small in the sceme of the
cosmos, we believe that our lives have meaning because we create meaning in them. we
believe that this world has been a better place with us in it, like there has been less pain and
sufferinng because we were in it, like we really made a difference. but now we need to
extend this relationship management with everyone else around us. Indeed everyone else
in the world. The question is: Can we figure out how to do this? Sure we can find love for
another person, but does it have to be on our own terms? we love everybody, but we want
them to be like us. Religion is a perfect expample of this. Speaking on Love, I would like to
say that love is accepting all the ugliness and fault in something (woman, earth, ourselves).
when I think of love, I think of a woman. when I am really in love, life gets way too real.
everything is almost surreal in its intensity, and sometimes it gets too real
I was also thinking about things like ecology, in terms of the ethics of it. Like, we know the
planet is degrading, yet when we step outside, we still see pretty trees, smell clean air. It's
like we arent even equipped to deal with the concept of global warming. Out of sight out of
mind. Or when we throw something away, we forget about it. but trash doesnt go away! So
we know the ethical and right thing to do, but we dont do the right thing. Why? I really dont
know and I dont claim to.
philosphy for thinking. because if you believe that philosophy is a search for meaning, you
are limiting yourself to an institutionalized view of thinking. and thinking is a trancendental
unifier. even an identifier of god. but lets not tangent.
the human condition is a finite situation.
Defined by cornell West as:
we are beings toward death. we are featherless, two legged, linguistically concious
creatures. Born between urine and feces, and whose body will one day be the cullinary
delight of terrestrial worms. That's us. we're beings toward death.
at the same time we have desire.why we are organisms in space and time, so its desire in
the face of death.
then you've got dogmatism: various attempts to hold on to certainty. Various forms of
idolatry.
and you've got dialouge in the face of domatism
then of course, structural and institutional, you have domination. and you have democracy,
you have attempts of people trying to render accountable:Elites, kings, queens, souserans,
corporate elites, politicians. trying to make these elites accountable to everyday people.
so philosophy itself becomes a critical disposition of wrestling with desire in the face of
death, wrestling with dialogue in the face of dogmatism, and wrestling with democracy
(trying to keep alive very fragile democratic experiments) in the face and structures of
domination (imperial power, state power, patriarchy, white supremacy) all those
concentrated forms of power that are not accountable to people, who are affected by it.
Philosophy has a spoken element, but is, for the most part, written. So, knowing that, I have
to ask, Is philosophy a pursuit of meaning? what do we gain from the past? I beleive that
philosophy is a way to better understand ourselves. Whether we take a certain point of view,
or whether we just constantly float around and dabble in different ideologies, philosophy is
taking the thoughts and actions from people of the past and applying them to our lives in an
effort to better understand ourselves.
now onto...brotherly love I guess. or love in general.
I dont subscribe to the theory that a person needs to be like me in order to be loved. we
need an ocean of global citizenship.
as people, we have a virtual relationship with everyone else around us. Sure we can
manage relationships with family, sister brother, mother , cousins, and friends. Thats what
we are made for, micro-management. though we realize we are small in the sceme of the
cosmos, we believe that our lives have meaning because we create meaning in them. we
believe that this world has been a better place with us in it, like there has been less pain and
sufferinng because we were in it, like we really made a difference. but now we need to
extend this relationship management with everyone else around us. Indeed everyone else
in the world. The question is: Can we figure out how to do this? Sure we can find love for
another person, but does it have to be on our own terms? we love everybody, but we want
them to be like us. Religion is a perfect expample of this. Speaking on Love, I would like to
say that love is accepting all the ugliness and fault in something (woman, earth, ourselves).
when I think of love, I think of a woman. when I am really in love, life gets way too real.
everything is almost surreal in its intensity, and sometimes it gets too real
I was also thinking about things like ecology, in terms of the ethics of it. Like, we know the
planet is degrading, yet when we step outside, we still see pretty trees, smell clean air. It's
like we arent even equipped to deal with the concept of global warming. Out of sight out of
mind. Or when we throw something away, we forget about it. but trash doesnt go away! So
we know the ethical and right thing to do, but we dont do the right thing. Why? I really dont
know and I dont claim to.