Ten Rules of PhilosophyDoes that sound like religion to anyone else? For a subject that so far seems to be preaching against any and all religions, it sure is... well, preachy.
- Allow the spirit of wonder to flourish in your breast.
- Doubt everything until the evidence convinces you of its truth.
- Love the truth.
- Divide and conquer.
- Collect and construct.
- Conjecture and refute.
- Revise and rebuild.
- Seek simplicity.
- Live the Truth.
- Live the Good.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Philosophy vs. Religion
You know, I always kind of wanted to take a philosophy class. And now that I'm in one, I don't like it that much. I think I may have figured out why. Here's a list taken from one of the class readings.
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Philosophers are in the same class as poets. You have to be a real flake to be good at it. Philosophers also have a habit of making people so mad, and often end up getting killed, banished, or imprisoned. Socrates, for instance, was tried, convicted, and executed. Pierre Abelard was castrated. Roger Bacon was arrested, Thomas Aquinas was condemned to death, Dante was exiled and threatened with burning at the stake, Thomas a Becket was assassinated, Kant was such an eccentric that people were said to be able to set their watches by his daily eclectic routines, and so forth. If you want some interesting philosophy, learn something about the Baha'i teachings ... you have a couple of ancestors who were adherents to the Baha'i faith, and the teachings of the Bab, Baha'ulla, and Zarathustra (Zoroaster) all border on the field of philosophy, and put forth some very interesting and intrigueing tenets which might appeal to your curiosities and questionings. Just a suggestion.
Philosophers are just evangelists, telling other people what they should believe and not believe. They just don't invoke the name of God, they give themselves credit. Philosophy teachers usually have some of the biggest ego's on campus, so be very careful not to ever disagree outright with a philosophy prof. Ph.D.'s in general are egomaniacs and you should never openly disagree with anyone holding a doctorate, but philosophy (and psychology) profs are some of the worst of the worst. Ask an occasional question to show you're listening, and you can even ask a probing question or two, but don't ever hint that you hold different ideas from them.
I couldn't agree with the previous anonymous more.
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