Oh. I thought there was a line about philosophy in there somewhere. It's history, then biology and then... oh. Swing and a miss. Oh well
At the very least, that old Sam Cooke tune reminds me of John Belushi in the university cafeteria, in Animal House. And that is something that is always worth being reminded of. the eyebrow before the Jello is classic.
Anyways, I guess I wanted to write something deep and insightful about philosophy but I'm not feeling especially eloquent, so I will just get it out there and perhaps generate some discussion.
I don't get philosophy. I don't get the point of it, in the long run. I guess people are attempting to find themselves, to see if different ways of thinking inspire them to see themselves in different ways and then maybe they'll act differently because of this. But what is the point of that? Do you really want to be acting a certain way because of an ideology or because someone else believed something and happened to write about it?
That would be as arbitrary as if I started to preach about the health benefits of corndogs, somehow gathered some followers and was thus in charge of the corndog movement. People following me blindly, simply because they wanted to buy what I was selling.
Maybe some philosophy is supposed to prevent this, to inspire people to question ideology and the status quo. But by following that philosophy, which already exists, are you not just perpetuating the idea that someone must tell you what to do, what to think, what to be?
I know that perhaps, some feel I am trivializing great thinkers and personal growth but so what? that stuff should be trivialized. It's mental excess, and it's over indulgent. Simplicity is under-rated.
Know who you are. Know what you value. Know what will never change for you.
The rest is just gravy.
... but in what nature is the rest gravy, and what effect does gravy have on that which is left over?
ReplyDeletethe rest is gravy because if it's good it makes everything more delicious and if it's bad it just makes things soggy. and then we were all swallowed by a small dog.
ReplyDeleteMeh, philosophy is just an excuse for self-proclaimed intellects to take a stab at the really "deep" questions in life. In return, they get a nod for their alleged higher understanding of the universe as we know it, or rather, the universe as they deem should exist. I agree that, in its fundamental state, life is simple. But it's human nature to over-complicate things, so there you have it.
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