Some philosophical articles lack context; this is not one of them
I have always referred to myself as being a curious person. If i was student then i would be a lifelong learner, and if i was employed as an academic then i would be a polymath.
Instead i’m a miner because it pays the bills and the other three do not! The reality is, and part of the reason why i created this wordpress account was due to the fact that work wise i am a miner and the lifelong learning, highly curious and generally fascinated in many different things.
The article above is simply another lense that has helped me bring this into focus and to understand myself a little better then before i read it. I hope this has a similar effect on anyone else who reads this or at least gives you another perspective on the importance of setting a project, but showing more of an interest in the journey rather than the destination.
Humanities obsession with personality cults!
This is strong article on the cult of personality, and you detach yourself from the hidden retoric of “if it’s not a corrupt democracy then it is the wrong political system. I am a believer in democracy, especially the type we have here in Australia, which requires compulsory voting and sufficient time for people to caste those crucial votes.
Back on the subject at hand though, the cult of personality which has allowed President Xi to subvert the system of checks and balances that Deng Xiaoping placed to prevent another fruitcake from seizing power in China has been subverted and destroyed.
I have a strong working respect for the Chinese, but the Han obsesion with having strong central figure in a society who are happy to surrender their individual freedoms for stability, is not a country that can be flexible and resilient enough to tackle and overcome the challenges that China are and will face in an era of global scrutinization.
Sadly though this trait is a human fault line, and Putin, Trump and countless celebrities exploit this weakness, purley for their own selfish gain.
Seriously, how complicated can it something get?
There is something bizarre and fascinating at the same time watching this set of pictograms play out over the QR code.
There is always something about this that reminds me of Atlantis; the mythical version of course.
Another great reason to plant an olive tree in the backyard.
As a lifelong fan of the humble olive, it was great to see yet again proof that the olive tree is one of nature’s magnificant creations. The impact of the olive on the development of humanity and the civilizations of the Mediterranean would be hard to quantify.
Yet here is a lifeform that has survived countless wars and endless forms of climate change, both human and non-human related. Hopefully though, there are still days when children get to climb and birds get to rest in and around this ancient sentinel of life giving fruit.
A sad day for such a fascinating humanist.
The first time i read Animal Farm was after i had started at university and had been introduced to philosophy, which was critical to understanding the capacity and the nuances in Orwell’s beautiful tragedy.
I read a few tributes on the internet, but none of them seemed to have the depth and passionate qualities needed to express the importance of Orwell’s work, the way the London Historians have.
An important reminder that Australian ecology is unique.
The article is also important for identifying the inability of governments who understand how precious the strange and ancient landscape can be, are also the people who refuse to let people to truly embrace the heritage in our bush.
The Wollemi Pine is an heirloom from the age of dinosaurs, but this does not mean it can not be a part of our future. Why is there such great reluctance to engage with nature and allow people to propagate and grow these amazing plants on their farms and in their backyards. Just as their is a reluctance to allow people to keep native marsupials as pets in an age when feral cats, dogs, pigs, horses and camels are destroying important species and entire ecological systems.
Short sighted they choose to be and short sighted they shall stay, and our children and the rest of the world shall continue to miss out on the pleasure and privelege of living in a diverse and fasinating land of continuously missed opportunities.
Philosophy showing that it still has validity in today’s society.
I stumbled into philosophy in the same manner that I discovered Twitter and Word Press; through Edith Cowan University while I was completing my arts degree. Considering I am now using Word Press and have developed a website, where I repost interesting articles that I find on Twitter says a lot about that school’s influence upon me.
My interest and near addiction to philosophy, is certainly not the lesser of the holy trinity when consuming idle time. The article does not cover my personal motivation and interest, but it does add a layer of explanation.
The most interesting part though, is that Nigel Warburton who posted this article on Twitter is a philosopher and an author of philosophy who greatly influenced my interest in philosophy. I have most of his books and a small collection of his podcasts stored on the bulging micro SD card in my phone.
The first two philosophers I was introduced to in my core humanities units was Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant. But unknowingly I had also been reading philosophy for quite a while in the forms of Karl Marx, Sir Thomas Moore and Voltaire. The chronology of their existence might not be in order; it is though the order in which I discovered, read and appreciated their somewhat specialised writing styles. This, I was later to find out was called philosophy.
I will not go on too much further with my memories of reading great books because they were interesting, and not reading their work because someone else said it was great literature. Read the article and make up your own mind. Is philosophy the self help you need? Or like me you simply enjoy beautifully written literature that makes you think and appreciate how fascinating a universe we live in, for such a very short time.
So simple and yet so brilliant!
Such a simple tool and visualisation, even i might have understood this when i was taught the concept in school. No guarantees of course.
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