Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Philosophical Musings 85-88

85) All the reason and philosophy in the world will not bring about understanding unless we feel genuine gratitude for the toil and suffering that has gone into creating all the things we have.


86) If we criticize and rage against those who are different from us, or who think differently from the way that we do, to the extent where we do not feel their humanity, then we need to question our assumption that we know the answers (we do not) and we need to realise how potentially dangerous this situation is. Both believers and non-believers are equally culpable.

 
87) Before we can claim to be free thinkers we need to appreciate and understand how our automatic thinking is very different from reflective or contemplative thinking.


88) Before we can reason with the outside world we have to be able to reason with ourselves .