Category: philosophy.
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DIVERSITY OF HAMMERS
“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” Abraham Maslow. This statement, since I knew it, has been used derogatorily to describe single minded people who can only view problems and events in the world through a very narrow, specific…
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TRUTH WITHOUT AN ADVERTISING BUDGET
The need to order and organize our society comes before the need for truth. To think otherwise is to fall for a delusion – a delusion so common that like air, it fuels us without paying attention to it. Everything else serves this organisation agenda. Disorder, disagreement, and lack of cohesion trouble our souls as…
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LEISURE: REST NOW
Hello there, it is Friday and you probably have plans to rest, jiggy down, do laundry, or do more work. Whatever your plans are, today’s essay will do something for your weekend and the rest of your life. I hope I passed my message as clearly as possible. Please enjoy. Subscribe now EVERYTHING DOES NOT…
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THE HIDDEN BENEFITS OF USELESS KNOWLEDGE
Can someone explain your fascination with Mozart, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky to me? To me, these guys just play “stuff” – or noise. Yet I can’t stop the awe I feel when I see people commit themselves to their pieces. A composer’s fascination with these legends tells me more than I can describe. Yet, even they…
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NAIVE RATIONALISM
SOCRATES: “My dear Mega-Tony, we need to know what we are talking about when we talk about things. The entire idea of philosophy is to be able to reflect and understand what we are doing, examine our lives. An unexamined life is not worth living.” FAT TONY: “The problem, my poor old Greek, is that you are…
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