I find the idea of substance as form and matter very interesting (form being actualized potential, matter being potential form). Even further, I find the idea of potential, itself, interesting. Clay does not have the potential to be a live cat, so a live cat could never be clay. But are we not also the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘philosophy’
Academia Sucks
Posted in Life, tagged art, philosophy, society, truth on April 30, 2012 |
In ostensibly—but not really—trying to get to truth, instead of breaking down and dissolving illusions, academia is all about constructing more illusions. The logic here is the simple logic that two wrongs don’t make a right. It is the dark forest of technical terms and jargon that run rampant in academia—and the enormous amount of [...]
Are All Opinions Equally Valid?
Posted in Life, tagged conditioned existence, illusion vs. reality, philosophy, reality on April 16, 2012 |
These days, maybe because of the influence of the PC movement, many people have the belief that everyone’s ideas and opinions are on equal footing and have equal validity. I simply do not think this is true. In fact, if pressed, most people who have the belief that all opinions are equal would have to [...]
What about killing for food?
Posted in Life, tagged human condition, life, morality, philosophy on February 22, 2012 |
I think that seekers of enlightenment recognize that humans have evolved beyond the overwhelmingly deterministic instinctual realm of most other animals, and that, as sentient beings, we have the capacity for compassion, and reflection, and self-control, in ways that less evolved living things do not. (Again, this does not mean that we are “better” than [...]
Is It “Natural” to Kill?
Posted in Life, tagged human condition, life, morality, philosophy on February 4, 2012 |
Let’s get back to the question of whether or not it is wrong to kill. One of the reasons this is such a confusing question is this idea of “nature,” and what is “natural.” We need only look out at nature to see what we would consider to be violence and murder galore. It is [...]
One of the things I find myself struggling with is the fact that you can’t always combat violence with passivity. One of the reasons for this is the obvious fact that violence can end the life of the passive, who therefore no longer has the opportunity to defend or express his position and ideas. And [...]
Fear of Being Alone
Posted in Life, tagged conditioned existence, illusion vs. reality, love, philosophy, reality, truth on August 18, 2011 |
Though deep down it is that which we fear most, that which is contrary to everything we truly are, it never ceases to amaze me just how much effort and energy people expend to be alone. Though we go through our lives blindly reaching out for connection, for solace, safety, understanding, in the end we [...]
