So much to think about. So much to hold onto and retain, but then I am violating the negative. I felt attacked, both as a haver and a philosopher. But, of course, better for the attacks. But I think that philosophy asks us, pro, amateur, and noob alike, to do the questioning for reasons legion. Be Socrates worried about the vanity of the know-it-all and the know-it-less. Be Kant, ready to construct an edifice of all things. Be Lao Tzu, who may be Confucius gone mad. One thing I think all those who struggle philosophically, who engage in that project of question and doubt, is that it's the questions that drive us, that get us up in the morning, noon, or night. Answers are fun and have their place, but questions move us, push us, and show us a way. It's a way beset with dark tunnels, opacity, and a maze of loops that will double back, spiral around, and may not ever give us safe passage to the end. But then, that's not, nor has it ever been the point. Seems to me.
So much to think about. So much to hold onto and retain, but then I am violating the negative. I felt attacked, both as a haver and a philosopher. But, of course, better for the attacks. But I think that philosophy asks us, pro, amateur, and noob alike, to do the questioning for reasons legion. Be Socrates worried about the vanity of the know-it-all and the know-it-less. Be Kant, ready to construct an edifice of all things. Be Lao Tzu, who may be Confucius gone mad. One thing I think all those who struggle philosophically, who engage in that project of question and doubt, is that it's the questions that drive us, that get us up in the morning, noon, or night. Answers are fun and have their place, but questions move us, push us, and show us a way. It's a way beset with dark tunnels, opacity, and a maze of loops that will double back, spiral around, and may not ever give us safe passage to the end. But then, that's not, nor has it ever been the point. Seems to me.