Philosophy’s rational thorough and thoughtful examination is considered here. The caterpillar spinning of the cocoon pertains to the constructive mind. Certain creatures arm themselves intestinally like blind sacs provide spiders the material for their webs. Also, the building of bee hives and the excretion of their honey is a production of two determinations of the mind; willpower, self-resistance to the amount of pressure determines whether one retains willpower or gives it up.
Resilience is bound up with willpower. Willpower is not flexible, nor compressible, nor adaptable, resilience retreats into oneself because each body has its own particular place where it preserves self.
Resilience when you receive pressure from outside, that pressure causes an inner reaction, and we retreat in order to preserve our place. Everyone has a particular place, so when outside influences causes an impact in our particular place that touches off feelings.
Few schools teach this which leads to a lack of the pursuit it is understandably they are difficult, especially without a teacher. As matters stand today, students today are too conceited and see no gain in learning. Nevertheless, even though disregarded marred and useless philosophy is today by its natural charm emerges into light.
Protagorus believed knowledge was through conversation discussion asking and answering, beating the subject up and down.
A Philosophy of Mind
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I have mentioned this before that I started writing philosophy not for the likes of anybody but me. I started writing in a diary and ended up with 17 hand-written books I call, ‘The Weeping Wall’. In it, I do nothing but complain about my struggle to become a philosopher, my daily life struggles and how hard it was to understand Hegel without a teacher. Another Day I would always began the first words, just those words I was home with friends.
Writing is the same in every language to be found. It is a discourse of what ought to be, a living personalized language from one generation and all generations. There is nothing under the sun new. Philosophy the love of wisdom comes from the ancients, they discussed the same hard questions not casually for everyone to understand.
God mingles in language and the arts as the go-between who spans the chasm and therefore all is bound. Language is an affect an action both divine and human. The art of writing is the art of narrator, one has to learn the differences of minds, have a good theoretical language and love of knowledge. You try to ascertain truth without knowledge.
Every word written has been spoken before. Language is an art, not thrown down anyhow, not mere rhetoric. It is an impression of reality. The same is true of painting once it is painted it can fall about anywhere among those who may like it or may not.
Then language painting all the arts has no guardian to protect them they can be battered, abused, they cannot protect or defend. I am fascinated with writing philosophy have been forever directed towards things that are all in order moving toward good in order to draw my mind toward learning and truth.
All great writers require discussions of high theory and hence come loftiness of thought; and for those who know they will always know best how to discover the resemblance of truth.
Writing is the same in every language to be found. It is a discourse of what ought to be, a living personalized language from one generation and all generations. There is nothing under the sun new. Philosophy the love of wisdom comes from the ancients, they discussed the same hard questions not casually for everyone to understand.
God mingles in language and the arts as the go-between who spans the chasm and therefore all is bound. Language is an affect an action both divine and human. The art of writing is the art of narrator, one has to learn the differences of minds, have a good theoretical language and love of knowledge. You try to ascertain truth without knowledge.
Every word written has been spoken before. Language is an art, not thrown down anyhow, not mere rhetoric. It is an impression of reality. The same is true of painting once it is painted it can fall about anywhere among those who may like it or may not.
Then language painting all the arts has no guardian to protect them they can be battered, abused, they cannot protect or defend. I am fascinated with writing philosophy have been forever directed towards things that are all in order moving toward good in order to draw my mind toward learning and truth.
All great writers require discussions of high theory and hence come loftiness of thought; and for those who know they will always know best how to discover the resemblance of truth.
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Homer quoted an example of the two principles of self is we beat our breast, and thus censure our self, for in his verse Homer clearly supposed reason is different from anger. There are two principles of self.
Socrates told a great tale that describes these two principles. The tale begins Leontius, the son of Aglaionv is coming up one day from the Piraeus, under the north wall on the outside, observed some dead bodies lying on the ground at the place of execution. He felt a desire to see them, and also a dread and abhorrence of them; for a time he struggled and covered his eyes, but at length the desire got the better of him; and forcing them open, he ran up to the dead bodies, saying, Look, ye wretches, take your fill of the fair sight.
The message is that anger at times goes to war with reason as though self were two distinct people. Which is the true self sets in order inner life, and mastery, principles, and peace; and when these are bound together become one entire temperate and perfectly adjusted person who proceeds to act harmonious just and good and wise.
What rules self is called knowledge. and the object of knowledge is thought, for example, the knowledge of house building is termed architecture is called the rational principle of self, whereas the other principle of self may be termed the ally of pleasures and satisfactions.
Socrates told a great tale that describes these two principles. The tale begins Leontius, the son of Aglaionv is coming up one day from the Piraeus, under the north wall on the outside, observed some dead bodies lying on the ground at the place of execution. He felt a desire to see them, and also a dread and abhorrence of them; for a time he struggled and covered his eyes, but at length the desire got the better of him; and forcing them open, he ran up to the dead bodies, saying, Look, ye wretches, take your fill of the fair sight.
The message is that anger at times goes to war with reason as though self were two distinct people. Which is the true self sets in order inner life, and mastery, principles, and peace; and when these are bound together become one entire temperate and perfectly adjusted person who proceeds to act harmonious just and good and wise.
What rules self is called knowledge. and the object of knowledge is thought, for example, the knowledge of house building is termed architecture is called the rational principle of self, whereas the other principle of self may be termed the ally of pleasures and satisfactions.
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Writing is the art of enchanting the mind. There are so many people to please and of such different natures. Needed is the process of division and generalization, all the great arts requires this haughtiness of thought. Knowledge is proficiently disposed in our mind with a view to render things clear and intelligible.
Telling a lie is most serious. It makes it impossible knowing and not knowing the face of a friend and of an enemy. For then one cannot judge what is figurative and what is literal; anything received into mind is likely to become indelible and unalterable; and therefore virtuous thinking is most important
Kant supposed all knowledge reduces to opinion. Spinoza asserted knowledge was oneness of thought. Whereas Descartes’ thought knowledge is a higher sense of science.
Leibniz thought knowledge was self-sufficient individuality.
Knowledge Socrates believed rests upon the principle that carries out good, without knowledge we would be perplexed of what is true and what is not. Without knowledge there would be a void in the course of experience only sense-certainty perception that vanishes in the course of experience and is an inaccurate witnesses.
Knowledge termed recollection embraces nothing less than the entire good of consciousness. When the mind is perplexed there is some contradiction like one is the reverse of one a plurality, thought begins to be aroused wants to know the truth asks what is great and what is small. Knowledge is the process of discovery. What is great and what is small comes the difference of the visible and the intelligible world.
Telling a lie is most serious. It makes it impossible knowing and not knowing the face of a friend and of an enemy. For then one cannot judge what is figurative and what is literal; anything received into mind is likely to become indelible and unalterable; and therefore virtuous thinking is most important
Kant supposed all knowledge reduces to opinion. Spinoza asserted knowledge was oneness of thought. Whereas Descartes’ thought knowledge is a higher sense of science.
Leibniz thought knowledge was self-sufficient individuality.
Knowledge Socrates believed rests upon the principle that carries out good, without knowledge we would be perplexed of what is true and what is not. Without knowledge there would be a void in the course of experience only sense-certainty perception that vanishes in the course of experience and is an inaccurate witnesses.
Knowledge termed recollection embraces nothing less than the entire good of consciousness. When the mind is perplexed there is some contradiction like one is the reverse of one a plurality, thought begins to be aroused wants to know the truth asks what is great and what is small. Knowledge is the process of discovery. What is great and what is small comes the difference of the visible and the intelligible world.
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Knowledge comes on the scene as a pathway pressing forward to truth. Passion, conviction, test what is truth, the pathway has a negative significance too called doubt, which ends in empty nothingness.
When doubt or any of the other negative determinates such as, opinion and prejudice, they bring about despair proceeds straight away to see the result of pure nothingness, out of which nothing comes as the result.
Best to wait and see whether this doubt is possibly something good offered in the experience, see whether that feeling of anxious doubt may very well be self-preservation.
Passion certainly is more than handing self over to skeptics; it is knowledge that is our conviction that we philosophers bring to light.
There is an old saying that we should not try to please people but good and noble God. If the way is long and circuitous, wonder not at this, for, where the end is great may take a longer path.
The sweetness of learning embraces freethinking and is the ultimate absolute reason we are here, there can be nothing so remote that we cannot reason. Knowledge raises a pang of emotion in the philosopher but this is knowledge possessed by every one, offered to everyone, and made plain for all.
Look at things as they really are, the power and capacity of gaining knowledge and understanding exists in mind imprinted already.
This was why Socrates carried out the command of the God of knowledge "Know Thyself" look in self at what is truth.
When doubt or any of the other negative determinates such as, opinion and prejudice, they bring about despair proceeds straight away to see the result of pure nothingness, out of which nothing comes as the result.
Best to wait and see whether this doubt is possibly something good offered in the experience, see whether that feeling of anxious doubt may very well be self-preservation.
Passion certainly is more than handing self over to skeptics; it is knowledge that is our conviction that we philosophers bring to light.
There is an old saying that we should not try to please people but good and noble God. If the way is long and circuitous, wonder not at this, for, where the end is great may take a longer path.
The sweetness of learning embraces freethinking and is the ultimate absolute reason we are here, there can be nothing so remote that we cannot reason. Knowledge raises a pang of emotion in the philosopher but this is knowledge possessed by every one, offered to everyone, and made plain for all.
Look at things as they really are, the power and capacity of gaining knowledge and understanding exists in mind imprinted already.
This was why Socrates carried out the command of the God of knowledge "Know Thyself" look in self at what is truth.
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The mind is supreme ruler, autonomous, self-determining, feeling, perceiving, reasoning, willing, and a reflective system that determines logically an actual spirit that pervades and permeates all aspects of being. To each individual belongs consciousness and self-consciousness terms.
What a remarkable thing the mind it feels, perceives, reasons, wills and thinks in not as individual moments but all at the same time together constituting a process, a return back to self.
Self is like crystallization, an inner continuity through and through an essential inner that comes forward with imperturbable truth.
This is the ego if it maintained in pureness would pass into sunlight. But the ego is self-consciousness an empty uncertainty of self thus merely an attitude or reflection of self.
The ego in other words is inner essence in which the truth lies. Here enter into the sphere of reflection, independent in face of outside. The ego is pure self-reflection into self pervades the whole Godly like relation between inner and outer.
What a remarkable thing the mind it feels, perceives, reasons, wills and thinks in not as individual moments but all at the same time together constituting a process, a return back to self.
Self is like crystallization, an inner continuity through and through an essential inner that comes forward with imperturbable truth.
This is the ego if it maintained in pureness would pass into sunlight. But the ego is self-consciousness an empty uncertainty of self thus merely an attitude or reflection of self.
The ego in other words is inner essence in which the truth lies. Here enter into the sphere of reflection, independent in face of outside. The ego is pure self-reflection into self pervades the whole Godly like relation between inner and outer.
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Here begin the pure essential being genus essential nature the highest feeling the ego. The process begins with a need even though the ego excludes all other individuals lives in this world feels.
Schelling believed, that plants if they had consciousness would worship the sun as their God. The ego has that same pure reflective transparent self-consciousness.
The ego is reflection of self but has also uncertainty whereas sunlight reflection has the potential of unifying with all things it enters in community with no objection in its way.
The ego approach is theoretical called the mechanical sphere of feeling. This theoretical process, determines, distinguishes our relationship with the outside world. Feeling, perceiving, reasoning, willing and thinking, all are inherent.
Knowledge is the power that draws the mind from becoming to being what all sensible creatures aim at before seeing, hearing or perceiving we must have knowledge.
Schelling believed, that plants if they had consciousness would worship the sun as their God. The ego has that same pure reflective transparent self-consciousness.
The ego is reflection of self but has also uncertainty whereas sunlight reflection has the potential of unifying with all things it enters in community with no objection in its way.
The ego approach is theoretical called the mechanical sphere of feeling. This theoretical process, determines, distinguishes our relationship with the outside world. Feeling, perceiving, reasoning, willing and thinking, all are inherent.
Knowledge is the power that draws the mind from becoming to being what all sensible creatures aim at before seeing, hearing or perceiving we must have knowledge.
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If inquisitiveness makes a philosopher, you will find many will have the name but they only have a sense of philosophy not absolute philosophy and if when they are led to the true knowledge of philosophy, they will not pursue it. Why, because they would rather put the imitation in the place of the real. These curious minds are welcome to any knowledge, which they may have and we rejoice at them. But philosophy is magnificence of the mind spectator of all time and all existence surely temperate, just and gentle, and good memory. They are quick to learn - noble, gracious, the friend of truth, justice, courage, and temperance.
To declare truth about matters of such high interest, to carry on the argument when I myself am only a uncertain inquirer and fear that I shall miss the truth where I have most need to be sure of my footing, and not be dragged down by mere opinion.
To declare truth about matters of such high interest, to carry on the argument when I myself am only a uncertain inquirer and fear that I shall miss the truth where I have most need to be sure of my footing, and not be dragged down by mere opinion.
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to reawaken knowledge buried in the mind for manys years. My book is substantial in character lifts the world out of life that is mere vhance and change into a being a citizen of the world.
To rach univrsal being takes effort takes the pulse of he philosopher rightly educated. Therefore knowledge is the most useful instrument.. Just the same as we learn to read we are eager to make them known
This universal being takes effect no doubt takes labor in attaining this stage of independence takes magnificence, concord, beauty, and good are pulse of the philosopher. If we want to do our work as philosophers in life everything shall flow like a gentle wind from a purer region. The mind rightly educated is the noble and good recognized and saluted philosopher.
Knowledge is a most effective instrument in the mind of a philosopher find their way imparting grace. Socrates believed music is just as knowledge, to be everywhere eager to make them known. Only when we know the notes exactly can we ever become musical and know the essential forms of temperance, courage, liberality, and magnificence. When our minds are harmonized with the fairest of sights to those who have an eye to see it. The fairest is always the loveliest and philosophers have thi spirit of harmony are always in love with the loveliest.
Nothing assures us that what we do is true but knowledge, feelings can never assure us of anything if reason does not intervene and lead us to light up the chaos. Sound Outside influence feelings. our inner being comes into existence. We sound our own accord; announce our spiritual natures causes inner being to vibrate. Our own activity is what makes our body vibrate into voice lies in our power.
To rach univrsal being takes effort takes the pulse of he philosopher rightly educated. Therefore knowledge is the most useful instrument.. Just the same as we learn to read we are eager to make them known
This universal being takes effect no doubt takes labor in attaining this stage of independence takes magnificence, concord, beauty, and good are pulse of the philosopher. If we want to do our work as philosophers in life everything shall flow like a gentle wind from a purer region. The mind rightly educated is the noble and good recognized and saluted philosopher.
Knowledge is a most effective instrument in the mind of a philosopher find their way imparting grace. Socrates believed music is just as knowledge, to be everywhere eager to make them known. Only when we know the notes exactly can we ever become musical and know the essential forms of temperance, courage, liberality, and magnificence. When our minds are harmonized with the fairest of sights to those who have an eye to see it. The fairest is always the loveliest and philosophers have thi spirit of harmony are always in love with the loveliest.
Nothing assures us that what we do is true but knowledge, feelings can never assure us of anything if reason does not intervene and lead us to light up the chaos. Sound Outside influence feelings. our inner being comes into existence. We sound our own accord; announce our spiritual natures causes inner being to vibrate. Our own activity is what makes our body vibrate into voice lies in our power.
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Come visualize the mind from the standpoint of dialectic knowledge that constructive deductive rational way of observing life’s definite unchanging scheme.
The spirit of philosophy is what we must reflect on here truth the kindred power of the mind is the captain then follows, knowledge, justice, health, and temperance. The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in youth; a time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.
Behold the highest part of the mind not superficial rhetoric but profound thinking that exalts an infinitude of ideas
The mind absolutely courageous and determined, look observers how unshakable and unbeatable the strength of mind is. We gentle natures with great strength of mind one is the contradiction of the other we need to have the qualities of a philosopher.
Philosophy takes labor in attaining its magnificence, concord, beauty, and good, they are pulse of the philosopher that is if we want to do our work in life.
Fix your eyes on what has preoccupied and disquieted humankind. The culture of the day has fallen into such a disunity it becomes the task of philosophy to undo it and re-illuminate mind spirit. When a gulf has arisen in people when reality is no longer satisfying, life dissolves morally.
That was so in Ionia, there was a decline in the Ionic states of Asia Minor Thales discovered dialectic philosophy lived then. The same in Athens was on the course of decline came Socrates and Plato made their appearance. The decline of the Roman Republic, philosophy expanded, also in the Middle Ages when the Teutonic life acquired a new form.
Look back to the epoch of philosophy 600 B.C, when Greece at time of Thales and Pythagoras. Thales believed water the supreme sustainer of life. Egypt at the time was regarded as a highly cultured country; no doubt from Egypt Pythagoras had great influence. There were no schools of sciences, or philosophy, mathematics, jurisprudence or any sciences. Pythagoras by the great influence of his followers and upon the principal part of the Greco-Italian state brought the idea of a regular community of thinkers for purposes of scientific and moral culture.
The spirit of philosophy is what we must reflect on here truth the kindred power of the mind is the captain then follows, knowledge, justice, health, and temperance. The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in youth; a time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.
Behold the highest part of the mind not superficial rhetoric but profound thinking that exalts an infinitude of ideas
The mind absolutely courageous and determined, look observers how unshakable and unbeatable the strength of mind is. We gentle natures with great strength of mind one is the contradiction of the other we need to have the qualities of a philosopher.
Philosophy takes labor in attaining its magnificence, concord, beauty, and good, they are pulse of the philosopher that is if we want to do our work in life.
Fix your eyes on what has preoccupied and disquieted humankind. The culture of the day has fallen into such a disunity it becomes the task of philosophy to undo it and re-illuminate mind spirit. When a gulf has arisen in people when reality is no longer satisfying, life dissolves morally.
That was so in Ionia, there was a decline in the Ionic states of Asia Minor Thales discovered dialectic philosophy lived then. The same in Athens was on the course of decline came Socrates and Plato made their appearance. The decline of the Roman Republic, philosophy expanded, also in the Middle Ages when the Teutonic life acquired a new form.
Look back to the epoch of philosophy 600 B.C, when Greece at time of Thales and Pythagoras. Thales believed water the supreme sustainer of life. Egypt at the time was regarded as a highly cultured country; no doubt from Egypt Pythagoras had great influence. There were no schools of sciences, or philosophy, mathematics, jurisprudence or any sciences. Pythagoras by the great influence of his followers and upon the principal part of the Greco-Italian state brought the idea of a regular community of thinkers for purposes of scientific and moral culture.
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Come embrace through the eyes that which are the windows of mind, come water and nourish it with knowledge. Philosophy is the task to undo and re-illuminate mind spirit.
The mind hard driven by life, oppressed, entangled in materiality and pleasure can get lost but come be re-illuminated.
Reconciliation follows destruction that is what history is a succession, a gallery of noble thinkers. Philosophers are custodians of truth dedicate wholly in upholding truth. Philosophers copy Justice and good are not ashamed of copying those who acted wisely and lead a life of fairness.
Only by good do all things become useful and advantageous. The highest virtue is good; everyone pursues it and makes it the end of all action will shine with radiant truth. Be a slave of good, so that all may be, as far as possible, under the same law, friends and contemporaries. Even in poverty or sickness, or any other misfortunes, all things by the pursuit of knowledge will end good or at least as far as we can attain a likeness of good.
The mind hard driven by life, oppressed, entangled in materiality and pleasure can get lost but come be re-illuminated.
Reconciliation follows destruction that is what history is a succession, a gallery of noble thinkers. Philosophers are custodians of truth dedicate wholly in upholding truth. Philosophers copy Justice and good are not ashamed of copying those who acted wisely and lead a life of fairness.
Only by good do all things become useful and advantageous. The highest virtue is good; everyone pursues it and makes it the end of all action will shine with radiant truth. Be a slave of good, so that all may be, as far as possible, under the same law, friends and contemporaries. Even in poverty or sickness, or any other misfortunes, all things by the pursuit of knowledge will end good or at least as far as we can attain a likeness of good.
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Freethinking is the ultimate absolute truth of consciousness and is our starting point that opens and unfolds into the world.
In the sea of despair freethinking in the face of pressure from the world impact, is really all we have to stand on in order to get through the inhumanity confronting us especially these days.
Socrates believed we need to make sure no disorder occur in our mind and feed on noble thoughts and pray, and gain not too much or too little wealth but just enough. Set the mind in order and not be dazzled by thoughtless praise stacked on humankind.
The ethical order within self and in others creates a fair society where self-conscious is realized into the peace of self. When the spirit of self has worked its way out of indifference and unfeeling world-spirit, wisdom, insight and understanding makes its appearance.
In the sea of despair freethinking in the face of pressure from the world impact, is really all we have to stand on in order to get through the inhumanity confronting us especially these days.
Socrates believed we need to make sure no disorder occur in our mind and feed on noble thoughts and pray, and gain not too much or too little wealth but just enough. Set the mind in order and not be dazzled by thoughtless praise stacked on humankind.
The ethical order within self and in others creates a fair society where self-conscious is realized into the peace of self. When the spirit of self has worked its way out of indifference and unfeeling world-spirit, wisdom, insight and understanding makes its appearance.
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The mind is like a fine point freely moving round and round in the same place. Just like the sun from one place to another neither in rest or motion.
Time is just this appearance keeps going on and on, has no beginning or end seems to have no apparent itinerary, it will not come to be, nor was it, but it is. The same is true of the other eternal abstract universalities, such as, space, the Elements, stones, mountains.
What endures has a higher value than what perishes. If we stood still even our imaginations then we would endure but we are subject to change. What is truth but objective reality, in other words certainty because truth is merely the bare reason of being?
The only standpoint is the eternal now. It will not come to be, nor was it, but it is. Now has tremendous right because as soon as I pronounce the moment dissolves, flows away and passes over into another moment. This out and out abstract ideal that in as much it is, it is not and in as much it is not, it is.
Now only points to another place, so, one place points to another place yet both place remain the same, just differences of the same moments, space into time and time into space. The negativity of space is time and the positive of time is space together is matter; space and time are if filled with matter.
Time is just this appearance keeps going on and on, has no beginning or end seems to have no apparent itinerary, it will not come to be, nor was it, but it is. The same is true of the other eternal abstract universalities, such as, space, the Elements, stones, mountains.
What endures has a higher value than what perishes. If we stood still even our imaginations then we would endure but we are subject to change. What is truth but objective reality, in other words certainty because truth is merely the bare reason of being?
The only standpoint is the eternal now. It will not come to be, nor was it, but it is. Now has tremendous right because as soon as I pronounce the moment dissolves, flows away and passes over into another moment. This out and out abstract ideal that in as much it is, it is not and in as much it is not, it is.
Now only points to another place, so, one place points to another place yet both place remain the same, just differences of the same moments, space into time and time into space. The negativity of space is time and the positive of time is space together is matter; space and time are if filled with matter.
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Barbara Brooks
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God mingles as a go-between that spans the gulf we all spring from words and the arts. Language has an effect on our action both divine and human. The art of a narrator, one has to learn the differences of minds and must have a good theoretical mind; you try to ascertain truth without knowledge.
Every word written has been spoken before. Language is not thrown down anyhow, nor is it mere rhetoric. Words are an impression of reality. The same is true of painting once it is painter’s work can fall about anywhere among those who may like it or may not.
Then language, painting, all the arts have no guardian to protect them they can be battered, abused, cannot be protected. Words forever directed towards philosophy is all in order moving toward good draws my mind toward knowledge and truth. All great writers require discussions of high speculation and hence come loftiness of words; and for those who know will always know best how to discover the resemblance of truth.
Every word written has been spoken before. Language is not thrown down anyhow, nor is it mere rhetoric. Words are an impression of reality. The same is true of painting once it is painter’s work can fall about anywhere among those who may like it or may not.
Then language, painting, all the arts have no guardian to protect them they can be battered, abused, cannot be protected. Words forever directed towards philosophy is all in order moving toward good draws my mind toward knowledge and truth. All great writers require discussions of high speculation and hence come loftiness of words; and for those who know will always know best how to discover the resemblance of truth.
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Hi Barbara,
I have been thinking a lot about language these days since the thread good and bad English. The recent developments on the Rev. Wright's sermons have been a great example of the misunderstandings and misinterpretations that can develop between people. IMO language should be viewed as a small stepping stone toward communication. It should not be strictly adhered to as it provides too small of a margin with which to communicate. If speaking proper English is chosen as the only correct way to communicate I believe it will lead to rampant ethnic and social divides.
Not many people consider Ebonics as a proper way to communicate and yet a large percent of our population in the US speak this unique brand of English. Because of this they are often misunderstood by the majority of white people who speak there own brand of English.
If anyone doubts that this is racial bias at it's core they just need to consider the fact that rednecks of this country speak very poor English but are not as misunderstood because the majority of white people seem to understand the basic premise. White people don't understand the communication of the black community simply because they have not been privy to it all their lives.
Rev, Wright can plead his case all he wants. The white English speaking community in the US will have nothing of it. They don't want to understand and so they won't. Until there is some compromise among people there will not be understanding and the racial tension will continue to take hold of our country.
I want to add, I am defending Rev. Wright not because I am an Obama supporter but because I am an American who sees a great injustice happening.
I have been thinking a lot about language these days since the thread good and bad English. The recent developments on the Rev. Wright's sermons have been a great example of the misunderstandings and misinterpretations that can develop between people. IMO language should be viewed as a small stepping stone toward communication. It should not be strictly adhered to as it provides too small of a margin with which to communicate. If speaking proper English is chosen as the only correct way to communicate I believe it will lead to rampant ethnic and social divides.
Not many people consider Ebonics as a proper way to communicate and yet a large percent of our population in the US speak this unique brand of English. Because of this they are often misunderstood by the majority of white people who speak there own brand of English.
If anyone doubts that this is racial bias at it's core they just need to consider the fact that rednecks of this country speak very poor English but are not as misunderstood because the majority of white people seem to understand the basic premise. White people don't understand the communication of the black community simply because they have not been privy to it all their lives.
Rev, Wright can plead his case all he wants. The white English speaking community in the US will have nothing of it. They don't want to understand and so they won't. Until there is some compromise among people there will not be understanding and the racial tension will continue to take hold of our country.
I want to add, I am defending Rev. Wright not because I am an Obama supporter but because I am an American who sees a great injustice happening.