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The
study of Philosophy is a way for you and I to look
into the greatest minds of mankind of the last 2500
years. Our fellow man has had the same questions over
the last 25+ centuries that you and I have. We are
to profit when we read what the great philosophers
have written when they trained their eye on abstract
ideas like happiness, justice , eternity , the reason
for living. Some people may believe philosophy is
primarily secular and even anti-religious but this
is not the case; The majoriy of philosophers had a
strong belief in the almighty , though possibly a
different belief in dogma. It is fair to believe that
God would not limit our exploration of his creation
with the great gifts of reason He has provided us.
This page is dedicated to the exploration of our
world , one that we can contemplate through the
questions that philosophy asks.
This
page will be an ongoing process of adding bits of
wisdom obtained from the great ideas talked about
throughout the centuries, in the realm of philosophy.
Sophie's
World by Jostein
Gaarder
rating: 4 of 5 stars
This may be officially the first book I seriously read
in my aim to educate myself. I always was a casual reader
but would go months without reading and mostly read
fantasy books. I did read some for dummies books and
liked some of the history books , but I remember this
book to be the one that set me off on my quest of self-education.
I believe the impetus was 9-11th 2001 when I realized
how little I knew about this world. I also was 30 yrs
old , the adult threshold , and in Jan 2002 , I asked
Lori to marry me, another step up the sociological ladder.
It was at this time I began to get serious about teaching
myself everything and anything about this world.
For posterities sake I will date this transformation
, Jan 2002 which as most of us know is also the month
when we set our goals ; so this seems to be a fair estimate.
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Atlas
Shrugged by Ayn
Rand
rating: 4 of 5 stars
Major influence of my philosophy. Of all the philosophy
I have read , this has made the most sense to me .
That doesn`t mean I subscribe to every aspect of her
philosophy , but even in the areas I disagree or choose
to suspend judgement , the explanations of her stance
in a particular area of philosophy makes me understand
that particular area better than I ever did.
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Ethics
Politics
A Priori Knowledge
Understanding objectivism , made all the above aspects
of philosophy easier to grasp when reading other philosophers.
I believe its attraction is its simplicity , and ease
of breaking down many various views on life to it primary
precepts.
The book itself does harp on capitalism and a kind of
objreality utopia that I believe is impossible to duplicate
but I enjoyed the book. I`m not sure everyone would
enjoy this book but it is a worthy read. Her ideas are
pretty much hammered repetitively to you throughout
the book.
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