The nature of existence is only part of philosophy, as is logic, and ethics, and politics, and (to an extend) economics, and... You can see philosophy in law - it's like this, why is it like this, what is the logic of the system, why is there such a logic, what are the principles that govern it, what would happen if you change those principles,... Philosophy isn't as much a discipline as a way of thinking, a tool on which you build intelligence.
The idea of philosophy 101 is appealing, but I'd feel out of my depth, right now I already feel like I'm usurping some authority and it's French so I can still justify it just by being French and you not, which wouldn't be the case with philosophy.
Not that poetry is useful, I suppose, other than being pretty and stuff,
I feel like it's part of me, like I stand at the end of the path they made, and even being a total failure can't take this priviledge position away from me. I am also aware that it's a self-perceived reconstruction that is partly wrong and can have nationalistic tendencies, but it doesn't change the fact that they have used the words I use and given them a special meaning that still floats around them.
Of course it can't be translated,
But the challenge is too tempting to be resisted! It's like masturbation really, very enjoyable but not exactly productive.
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Date: 2007-04-19 09:08 am (UTC)The idea of philosophy 101 is appealing, but I'd feel out of my depth, right now I already feel like I'm usurping some authority and it's French so I can still justify it just by being French and you not, which wouldn't be the case with philosophy.
Not that poetry is useful, I suppose, other than being pretty and stuff,
I feel like it's part of me, like I stand at the end of the path they made, and even being a total failure can't take this priviledge position away from me. I am also aware that it's a self-perceived reconstruction that is partly wrong and can have nationalistic tendencies, but it doesn't change the fact that they have used the words I use and given them a special meaning that still floats around them.
But the challenge is too tempting to be resisted! It's like masturbation really, very enjoyable but not exactly productive.