The feast before me
What i propose to do for myself is to survey the whole of philosophy through an ongoing engagement with the leading voices in a roughly chronological arrangement.
Plato and Aristotle are for me the official beginnings of this, as their extant work are bodies of literature that command the learner to grapple with.
However as i "do" them, i shall also be "doing" the rest, but the focus is still on them. It's a highly intricate form of toggling that is done effortlessly by instinct, and can only be problematic by attempting to convey it, for it arises not from a knowing how, but from a doing it from the instinctual apparatus.
ALL of the major thinkers will never for me be finished, i am not aiming to master anything, although that might be what it looks like from a fanatical adherence in words for this personal project of mine.
My fanaticism however is a indirect rejection of normal living, i reject for the most part normal human activities, there is no one in my life where i could converse with, and any potential beings who could be like that for me is cancelled owing to my mental state of being 100% pessimistic, skeptical and cynical.
A fleeing from the immediate environment as a fanatical recourse which then causes the immediate circumstances to be bearable is a factor that holds as far as i can see.
For me, all statements of others specifying what is right and wrong is inapplicable to me, if what i want to accomplish is to be done, not that what others say is wrong, but for me, when i'm aware of what they say, they become wrong for me.
This is so that i focus on what is deemed to be helpful, rigorous and sound interpretations is good, but when they say you have to do it a certain way, even if sound, is unsound when i take it into consideration.
There can only be improvement in personal comprehension as i continue to work through the texts, with the aid of good secondary resources, when i gather secondary resources for someone or some thing, it means they are the current focus. Plato and Aristotle are the current focuses, and it is with pleasure to decide that in 13 days i will acquire the remaining 3 volumes of W.K.C Guthrie's A History of Greek Philosophy in used paperback form dealing with my focus personages, it shall be the crowing jewel of my gathering of resources, the rest of what may be termed starter packs are neatly contained in kindle and kobo. All i have to do is keep going with instinct and the dire need to escape abhorrent immediate environment dynamics to progress at my own speed down what i see as a most enjoyable path through human thought.
I have need of personal space, but in concert with that a good disposition with those i share space with, in the immediate with dad, and the cyber with whoever i have to do with here.
I want to be plain and honest as much as possible here, for with dad, i have to always try not to hurt his feelings, here i say:
If something i say agrees with you, i ensure you that many other things i say will not agree with you, be certain of that, to the extent that i'm seen in a good light, a bad light will be there as well.
Ergo the safest approach is minimalism, i venture no longer outside of my own posts, if i do, it will strictly be for light banter, which can be psychologically beneficial. But for the most part what i want to do here is now minimal as i'm wrapping up my idiotic long spree of posts, to arrive at a plateau of some sort where in a highly imperfect manner my purpose and reason is enunciated as if from a brain injury survivor.
Thanks for reading, and i wish you all to pay me no more heed than you would a snail slowly moving across a leaf in some jungle. 🐌
Plato and Aristotle are for me the official beginnings of this, as their extant work are bodies of literature that command the learner to grapple with.
However as i "do" them, i shall also be "doing" the rest, but the focus is still on them. It's a highly intricate form of toggling that is done effortlessly by instinct, and can only be problematic by attempting to convey it, for it arises not from a knowing how, but from a doing it from the instinctual apparatus.
ALL of the major thinkers will never for me be finished, i am not aiming to master anything, although that might be what it looks like from a fanatical adherence in words for this personal project of mine.
My fanaticism however is a indirect rejection of normal living, i reject for the most part normal human activities, there is no one in my life where i could converse with, and any potential beings who could be like that for me is cancelled owing to my mental state of being 100% pessimistic, skeptical and cynical.
A fleeing from the immediate environment as a fanatical recourse which then causes the immediate circumstances to be bearable is a factor that holds as far as i can see.
For me, all statements of others specifying what is right and wrong is inapplicable to me, if what i want to accomplish is to be done, not that what others say is wrong, but for me, when i'm aware of what they say, they become wrong for me.
This is so that i focus on what is deemed to be helpful, rigorous and sound interpretations is good, but when they say you have to do it a certain way, even if sound, is unsound when i take it into consideration.
There can only be improvement in personal comprehension as i continue to work through the texts, with the aid of good secondary resources, when i gather secondary resources for someone or some thing, it means they are the current focus. Plato and Aristotle are the current focuses, and it is with pleasure to decide that in 13 days i will acquire the remaining 3 volumes of W.K.C Guthrie's A History of Greek Philosophy in used paperback form dealing with my focus personages, it shall be the crowing jewel of my gathering of resources, the rest of what may be termed starter packs are neatly contained in kindle and kobo. All i have to do is keep going with instinct and the dire need to escape abhorrent immediate environment dynamics to progress at my own speed down what i see as a most enjoyable path through human thought.
I have need of personal space, but in concert with that a good disposition with those i share space with, in the immediate with dad, and the cyber with whoever i have to do with here.
I want to be plain and honest as much as possible here, for with dad, i have to always try not to hurt his feelings, here i say:
If something i say agrees with you, i ensure you that many other things i say will not agree with you, be certain of that, to the extent that i'm seen in a good light, a bad light will be there as well.
Ergo the safest approach is minimalism, i venture no longer outside of my own posts, if i do, it will strictly be for light banter, which can be psychologically beneficial. But for the most part what i want to do here is now minimal as i'm wrapping up my idiotic long spree of posts, to arrive at a plateau of some sort where in a highly imperfect manner my purpose and reason is enunciated as if from a brain injury survivor.
Thanks for reading, and i wish you all to pay me no more heed than you would a snail slowly moving across a leaf in some jungle. 🐌
46-50, M
