Rambling
This morning's PE was rather pathetic. "Rather" is used to conceal my disappointment and disbelief. Only abt 10 people turned up. Well, i can't complain, can i? Prelim is near, many are stressed up, and PE is the only lesson ponning which u would not lose much. In fact for many, it is the golden period of the week to mug. you know, to catch up in the race, and to stay ahead. I can't despise them nor blame them, can i? I am guilty of ponning sometimes (but never ponned to mug)
And indeed, it is not without reason that pple would wanna pon HC PE lessons. This morning's encounter with Mario was a testament to his legends that i have heard many times before. I was furious as he was unreasonably rigid. But after much thoughts, i feel that there is no need for me to be angry at such a person. He has no logic, no reasoning. I doubt heavily that he does ever engage in any higher order thinking. No logic at all.
Logic and reason is central to human civilisation and knowledge acquisition. It is sad that great minds like Kant and Russell have not influenced many in our society yet. There is much truth in Baddiley's saying that "there are much more idiots than intellectuals." The field of philosophy is indeed intriguing. Knowledge is too powerful an appeal to resist. Philosophy is one that can liberate souls, and enlighten lives. But sadly, despite the philosophical advances by philosophers, our society is still very much ignorant. The significance of philosophy is thus very much limited by the influence it has on the mass public. Philosophers are enlightened (or ralatively so), but society is still in the dark. Unlike science, science is so universal, that any being who has been trained (or moulded) in the education system for years would understand Newton's Laws. Or so i suppose. I believe that if Aristotle would be utterly saddened to learn the philosophical development of our society as a whole. On the other hand, Newton would be fascinated at all the new discoveries, and glad (or sad? furious?) that his Newton's Mechanics is no longer the central dogma of physical world.
That's why. I wanna learn philosophy, first to enlighten myself, then to influence the society.
Back to Mario. In fact i pity him. He is so shallow that he does not even realise his own shallowness. That is a perfect example of a shallow man. A very enlightened man would be so enlightened that he could no longer comprehend the shallowness of a shallow person. LOL. well, i am still somewhere in btw, so i understand.
Heidegger argued that we have to make choices, without any certainty as to their outcomes - the only thing we can be certain of is that we face a life of guilt and anxiety.
Yes. existence is lonely, existence is full of sufferings, existence is confusing.
And indeed, it is not without reason that pple would wanna pon HC PE lessons. This morning's encounter with Mario was a testament to his legends that i have heard many times before. I was furious as he was unreasonably rigid. But after much thoughts, i feel that there is no need for me to be angry at such a person. He has no logic, no reasoning. I doubt heavily that he does ever engage in any higher order thinking. No logic at all.
Logic and reason is central to human civilisation and knowledge acquisition. It is sad that great minds like Kant and Russell have not influenced many in our society yet. There is much truth in Baddiley's saying that "there are much more idiots than intellectuals." The field of philosophy is indeed intriguing. Knowledge is too powerful an appeal to resist. Philosophy is one that can liberate souls, and enlighten lives. But sadly, despite the philosophical advances by philosophers, our society is still very much ignorant. The significance of philosophy is thus very much limited by the influence it has on the mass public. Philosophers are enlightened (or ralatively so), but society is still in the dark. Unlike science, science is so universal, that any being who has been trained (or moulded) in the education system for years would understand Newton's Laws. Or so i suppose. I believe that if Aristotle would be utterly saddened to learn the philosophical development of our society as a whole. On the other hand, Newton would be fascinated at all the new discoveries, and glad (or sad? furious?) that his Newton's Mechanics is no longer the central dogma of physical world.
That's why. I wanna learn philosophy, first to enlighten myself, then to influence the society.
Back to Mario. In fact i pity him. He is so shallow that he does not even realise his own shallowness. That is a perfect example of a shallow man. A very enlightened man would be so enlightened that he could no longer comprehend the shallowness of a shallow person. LOL. well, i am still somewhere in btw, so i understand.
Heidegger argued that we have to make choices, without any certainty as to their outcomes - the only thing we can be certain of is that we face a life of guilt and anxiety.
Yes. existence is lonely, existence is full of sufferings, existence is confusing.
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