So, per standard education requirements, I am forced to take a humanities class. For some wonderful reason my new school doesn't accept my credit earned at my old school. So here I am stuck in philosophy. Now no offense to those who live and thrive on philosophy, but I really feel like it is for the most part pointless.
I understand that they want people to take into consideration other people's view points, to be able to see issues, and beliefs from more than their own side. I understand that it should encourage people to seriously reflect on what they truly believe to either strengthen it or question it to the point of ridicule.
Maybe it is just me but I find that most people, though I acknowledge those special few we all seem to meet, naturally in the course of their lives accomplish these things without force, or boredom.
Incredibly this time around I have found some things to be intersted in, that has me now wanting to piece together my philosophy. What I have found is that each of the philosphers that we have discussed to this point seem to have varying beliefs of a core principle. It seems to me that within each of their "doctrine", though I know some vehemently fight the relation to religion, each of their doctrinal viewpoints seem to have bits of truth.
This is something that I have thought about previously in relation to religion specifically. Serving a mission for my church I met with many different people, who belonged to more churches than I can remember, and even before and after the people that have come in and out of my life have shared in some respects their beliefs. And what I have found is that each of them are inherently the same. Obvious, you might say, all christian religions bare the same central belief, but I'm not talking about just christian religion, I'm talking about all religion. The same as the philosophers had different names for their ideas so do the different religions.
Since it is supposed to be one of the goals of my philosophy class anyway, I am going to piece together -my- philosophy. And I think that each of the philosophers and every religion that I have ever learned about will be able to relate.
The beginning point is this thought, and first point in my philosphy. Eternal truths exist. They are unchanging, unwavering and unbiased. These truths are available to everyone, no restrictions.
Eternal truth exists and man has found it in different ways, different times, different places and interpreted it in different ways. But the core principle never changes, and that is where the connections are found.
What do you think?
I understand that they want people to take into consideration other people's view points, to be able to see issues, and beliefs from more than their own side. I understand that it should encourage people to seriously reflect on what they truly believe to either strengthen it or question it to the point of ridicule.
Maybe it is just me but I find that most people, though I acknowledge those special few we all seem to meet, naturally in the course of their lives accomplish these things without force, or boredom.
Incredibly this time around I have found some things to be intersted in, that has me now wanting to piece together my philosophy. What I have found is that each of the philosphers that we have discussed to this point seem to have varying beliefs of a core principle. It seems to me that within each of their "doctrine", though I know some vehemently fight the relation to religion, each of their doctrinal viewpoints seem to have bits of truth.
This is something that I have thought about previously in relation to religion specifically. Serving a mission for my church I met with many different people, who belonged to more churches than I can remember, and even before and after the people that have come in and out of my life have shared in some respects their beliefs. And what I have found is that each of them are inherently the same. Obvious, you might say, all christian religions bare the same central belief, but I'm not talking about just christian religion, I'm talking about all religion. The same as the philosophers had different names for their ideas so do the different religions.
Since it is supposed to be one of the goals of my philosophy class anyway, I am going to piece together -my- philosophy. And I think that each of the philosophers and every religion that I have ever learned about will be able to relate.
The beginning point is this thought, and first point in my philosphy. Eternal truths exist. They are unchanging, unwavering and unbiased. These truths are available to everyone, no restrictions.
Eternal truth exists and man has found it in different ways, different times, different places and interpreted it in different ways. But the core principle never changes, and that is where the connections are found.
What do you think?
Comments
i think your comments are philosophical in an unobtrusive way. i like it. a long term goal i have is to be able to write better than i draw. but even if i can't express myself artistically or with the written word i do feel like doogie if i say it outloud while i type.
thank you for sharing your philosophical ideas. i enjoy them. i wish i could express my philosophies in a better way. right now my writing is as good as my drawing. but even if that is the case i still feel like doogie while i type.
Seconde, you didn't finish your philosophy.
Third, second is not spelled with an "e". I'm just too lazy to backspace...
Fourth, I agree, philosophy (as a class) is rather lame.