finally
i have finally entered into the realm of people who have nothing better to do. . .
but i was thinking today
someone once said that modern philosophy was vain because modern culture was vain. But then I got to thinking about that, and maybe it is because the modern life is vain and fruitless.
Think about it
Groundedness.
How are we grounded?
we move, we change jobs, cities, states, lovers, hairstyles, cars, brands of cigarettes, friends, even (on-line of course) identities. How are we rooted? It used to be that people grew up, lived and died in the same locale; that rooted them in their welt. We don't have one, or maybe ours is constantly changing. I have no world. Idaho, Cali, Texas, Illinois, Idaho again, Illinois again - all in much less than ten years. Constants? me. any others? no.
So, let's recap. As a product of the modern world, I have lived my life according to its virtue. I have moved - on, but certainly not up - and feel no connection to this place I currently reside. I don't like these people, this job, or this climate. I claim to be educated, sometimes even intelligent, but I have gotten no further than anyone, at any time, in any place.
I ramble - NO! Keep focus!
pithy
strive for pithy
recap attempt number two:
Vain philosophies succeed in the modern world because people live vain lives, which breeds vain cultures. The mobility of people in terms of Geography leads to the mobility of people in all habits, that is, choice of locations without restraint leads to a plethora of choices in all manner of human endeavors.
Freedom to choose means freedom to lose contact with that which determines your world.
Solution?
Settle down. Till the soil. Deny one's self the choices. Ride the tide. Become a rock. No, a mountain. But, above all:
Create for yourself a world
thus spake Beitiathustra
but i was thinking today
someone once said that modern philosophy was vain because modern culture was vain. But then I got to thinking about that, and maybe it is because the modern life is vain and fruitless.
Think about it
Groundedness.
How are we grounded?
we move, we change jobs, cities, states, lovers, hairstyles, cars, brands of cigarettes, friends, even (on-line of course) identities. How are we rooted? It used to be that people grew up, lived and died in the same locale; that rooted them in their welt. We don't have one, or maybe ours is constantly changing. I have no world. Idaho, Cali, Texas, Illinois, Idaho again, Illinois again - all in much less than ten years. Constants? me. any others? no.
So, let's recap. As a product of the modern world, I have lived my life according to its virtue. I have moved - on, but certainly not up - and feel no connection to this place I currently reside. I don't like these people, this job, or this climate. I claim to be educated, sometimes even intelligent, but I have gotten no further than anyone, at any time, in any place.
I ramble - NO! Keep focus!
pithy
strive for pithy
recap attempt number two:
Vain philosophies succeed in the modern world because people live vain lives, which breeds vain cultures. The mobility of people in terms of Geography leads to the mobility of people in all habits, that is, choice of locations without restraint leads to a plethora of choices in all manner of human endeavors.
Freedom to choose means freedom to lose contact with that which determines your world.
Solution?
Settle down. Till the soil. Deny one's self the choices. Ride the tide. Become a rock. No, a mountain. But, above all:
Create for yourself a world
thus spake Beitiathustra
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