@richrf,
richrf;94006 wrote:I found this approach not very helpful. It may be helpful to other people thought. I would have no idea how to apply these ideas to all of the activities that I am involved with nor does it assist in answering any of the questions that I have. It is a philosophy for another type of person than me.
You may not realize it, but it actually is your philosophy. It allows you to freely consider and integrate ideas from different philosophical and intellectual traditions, as opposed to considering yourself rigidly beholden to one at the exclusion of another. It allows you an individualized learning, apprehension, and assimilation.
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jeeprs;94004 wrote:Seems kind of a defeatist attitude to me, really.
The Titanic, A-bomb, global warming, etc are lessons in why we should temper pride with defeatism.
jeeprs;94004 wrote:I think we are actually in a much better position to do that now, in this post-modern age, than we were 100 years ago, in many ways.
I completely agree, that's my point. We are less thrilled with our ingenuity when we're self-conscious of its down side.