Issues in Philosophy in Modern Times
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 10:49 pm
I've been noticing in modern philosophy, from watching various videos of philosophers, as well as looking at various Philosophical forums (including here), and I just see the same exact questions being asked over and over (ie. "what is life", "what is truth", "what is being", "what is time", etc) by many people. I see posts like this in many of the sections in this forum, specifically, as well as other forums, and what infuriates and shocks me is how they expect others to answer and have their opinion of it. I find this to be troubling to me, because of how people expect answers, yet they do not try to "look within" themselves for answers (ie. reasoning, logic, meditation, intuition, etc).
Also, people who are confused of what they are try to attach themselves to some established philosophy (just as anyone would do with race, status, music, etc). It is because of this that they do not really use critical thinking skills, but only listen to one perspective (ie. the established ehilosophy, or the mainstream teachers within these philosophies). They think that they gain knowledge when they are only getting the basics, yet they stick at the basics. In short, they try to answer very complicated questions based upon someone's interpretation of a certain philosophy instead of actually thinking for themselves. This is the tragic flaw of humanity: the Herd Mentality.
I cannot propound on the same teachings that I've already looked and heard of, or what all of you had obviously looked at or heard of, which is why I am leaving this forum. This is a message to all of you starters of finding truth that you ought to seek truth and to look at things from several angles. This journey is undoubtedly a long one, and this shall clearly separate the real truth seekers from the parrots and the confused (and also those who want popularity and so on, so forth).
- Fin
Also, people who are confused of what they are try to attach themselves to some established philosophy (just as anyone would do with race, status, music, etc). It is because of this that they do not really use critical thinking skills, but only listen to one perspective (ie. the established ehilosophy, or the mainstream teachers within these philosophies). They think that they gain knowledge when they are only getting the basics, yet they stick at the basics. In short, they try to answer very complicated questions based upon someone's interpretation of a certain philosophy instead of actually thinking for themselves. This is the tragic flaw of humanity: the Herd Mentality.
I cannot propound on the same teachings that I've already looked and heard of, or what all of you had obviously looked at or heard of, which is why I am leaving this forum. This is a message to all of you starters of finding truth that you ought to seek truth and to look at things from several angles. This journey is undoubtedly a long one, and this shall clearly separate the real truth seekers from the parrots and the confused (and also those who want popularity and so on, so forth).
- Fin
