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Re: The Reputation Hilarity/Insanity thread New version
spooder brought it up tho! And since he's a rep king-pin...
spooder brought it up tho! And since he's a rep king-pin...
spooder brought it up tho! And since he's a rep king-pin...
Wrong thread for these thoughts, cap'n. In here, you either show your rep swag, f*ck someone's ears, call Zeph a maniac, or -rep the Walf.![]()
How about we fuck your ears instead?
Bit of variety never hurts
How about we fuck your ears instead?
Bit of variety never hurts
That brings up something interesting I've been thinking about: If one studies philosophy in the current standard they must become influenced by the philosophers' viewpoints. Doesn't this mean that they cannot form a philosophy that is truly their own?
And isn't the goal of philosophy to produce your own meaning for life?
Wouldn't that mean that the act of studying philosophy excludes you from achieving the goal of philosophy?
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Originally Posted by super_slicer
That brings up something interesting I've been thinking about: If one studies philosophy in the current standard they must become influenced by the philosophers' viewpoints. Doesn't this mean that they cannot form a philosophy that is truly their own?
And isn't the goal of philosophy to produce your own meaning for life?
Wouldn't that mean that the act of studying philosophy excludes you from achieving the goal of philosophy?
I would say no on all counts? If you're influenced by someone, you're changed by them. That, in turn, means that the philosophy that best represents you also changes. Furthermore, just because what you do is influenced by someone else doesn't mean you can't make it your own: the core of it will still be determined by who you are. And philosophy isn't about the meaning of life, but about the love of knowledge. It's goal, if it can even be said to have one, is certainly nothing personal as giving yourself a unique meaning of life.
OpinionTo create/differentiate the classifications of "a construct of your social surroundings" and "a person" in itself is a collective cry for help by humanity, that if it thinks what it has become has deviated a human from what humanity subconsciously thinks a human should be, then either we can confidently confess we've lost our way, or we need to pull up our pants and stop crying about it.
Odd opinion that I've never heard of beforeThis, like many things, is a dead-end road when it comes to debating over, since there's only two kinds of people who would say we are still "people"... Those who've never been properly integrated into the machine that is society, or the incredibly naive.
Err... so it favors one thing we crave, therefore evil? Not exactly sterling logic unless you think we need individuality more than unity.Society will always be considered evil because as humans we crave both unity and individuality, and society is more about casting away individuality to favor unity.
What era do you consider this correct? Because in any era in which we've had significant communication, an idea spreads.Obviously society's got its perks, but there are aspects of humanity that can only shine when individuality is considered as well, and it is near-impossible to create something unique when you function as but a cog in a well-oiled machine consisting of dozens of other cogs.
I'm going to have to disagree with you HARD on that. People are still trying to make strides all the time, whether that is curing HIV or cancer or figuring out how to colonize Mars.This is why there were far more significant inventions back in the pioneering days of humanity, because back then, there was nearly no unity at all, and a single man could shape the destiny of an entire town if he so wished.
Nowadays, with the amount of paperwork and classes one would have to take just to be qualified in a field enough to even consider inventing something that would benefit humanity, nobody has the will try anymore. Because we are so unified and everything regulated, nobody can freely pursue a specific set of skills, without first being buried under the knowledge the law requires they learn, and being forcibly inserted into the machine to function as a cog long enough to support themselves, let alone their ideals.
Err... I'm going to need a source on that idea because unity creates protection.But where individuality reins with unity in the back seat, we end up with far more chaos, where that same man could instead decide to murder about 50 people, and get away with it scot-free.
Yeah, we established that.We try our best to keep a balance between the two, but as humanity has grown, it's shown itself to be a bit of an egotistical control freak, so unity is always initially favored over individuality.
...okay?Unity begets justice, as individuality begets chaos. Just another label for the foundations of the realm we live in, which crave balance all the less.
I actually find alot of what AL's saying about the downsides of society mirroring my own feelings on the subject. Of course I've spent most of my life as a rather anti-social person. Not because I dislike socializing but instead the customary activities one partakes in doing so, I have no desire to be packed into a small area with overly loud music and far too many people in physical contact with me.
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