More from David. I have not read his blog in a while, it looks like I've been missing some good stuff.
Fate And Freedom
Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Friday, November 8, 2013
A Kant Do Attitude
What Is Enlightenment?
"Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why such a large part of mankind gladly remain minors all their lives, long after nature has freed them from external guidance. They are the reasons why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as guardians. It is so comfortable to be a minor. If I have a book that thinks for me, a pastor who acts as my conscience, a physician who prescribes my diet, and so on--then I have no need to exert myself. I have no need to think, if only I can pay; others will take care of that disagreeable business for me. Those guardians who have kindly taken supervision upon themselves see to it that the overwhelming majority of mankind--among them the entire fair sex--should consider the step to maturity, not only as hard, but as extremely dangerous. First, these guardians make their domestic cattle stupid and carefully prevent the docile creatures from taking a single step without the leading-strings to which they have fastened them. Then they show them the danger that would threaten them if they should try to walk by themselves. Now this danger is really not very great; after stumbling a few times they would, at last, learn to walk. However, examples of such failures intimidate and generally discourage all further attempts."
"Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why such a large part of mankind gladly remain minors all their lives, long after nature has freed them from external guidance. They are the reasons why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as guardians. It is so comfortable to be a minor. If I have a book that thinks for me, a pastor who acts as my conscience, a physician who prescribes my diet, and so on--then I have no need to exert myself. I have no need to think, if only I can pay; others will take care of that disagreeable business for me. Those guardians who have kindly taken supervision upon themselves see to it that the overwhelming majority of mankind--among them the entire fair sex--should consider the step to maturity, not only as hard, but as extremely dangerous. First, these guardians make their domestic cattle stupid and carefully prevent the docile creatures from taking a single step without the leading-strings to which they have fastened them. Then they show them the danger that would threaten them if they should try to walk by themselves. Now this danger is really not very great; after stumbling a few times they would, at last, learn to walk. However, examples of such failures intimidate and generally discourage all further attempts."
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Confess and Vent here
I am a dishonest lazy coward.
Maybe not as much as I was yesterday, and hopefully less so tomorrow.
After turning 50 the awareness of my general dissatisfaction and disappointment with my life was very uncomfortable. Everything seemed to be falling apart, and I had achieved nothing of note or value, and prospects for changing that looked dim. This drove me to dive deep, painfully deep into a path of discovering and identifying why and how I got to this point.
In A Nutshell: Dishonesty, cowardice, and laziness. Those three things are at the core of my sin and the consequences reaped.
So, fighting against them, and changing to defeat them has become the only meaningful purpose in my life..... for now...that is what becoming a better person, a "real" man means to me, being honest, brave, and diligent. It is tough, and I fail constantly.
How about you? Want to confess or vent your own struggle here?
I'm not sure what I expect, if anything, to come of this blog. Maybe nothing. I don't have a clue about how to monitor or maintain it. Just taking a running start, jumping off the cliff, and embracing the impact......
Maybe not as much as I was yesterday, and hopefully less so tomorrow.
After turning 50 the awareness of my general dissatisfaction and disappointment with my life was very uncomfortable. Everything seemed to be falling apart, and I had achieved nothing of note or value, and prospects for changing that looked dim. This drove me to dive deep, painfully deep into a path of discovering and identifying why and how I got to this point.
In A Nutshell: Dishonesty, cowardice, and laziness. Those three things are at the core of my sin and the consequences reaped.
So, fighting against them, and changing to defeat them has become the only meaningful purpose in my life..... for now...that is what becoming a better person, a "real" man means to me, being honest, brave, and diligent. It is tough, and I fail constantly.
How about you? Want to confess or vent your own struggle here?
I'm not sure what I expect, if anything, to come of this blog. Maybe nothing. I don't have a clue about how to monitor or maintain it. Just taking a running start, jumping off the cliff, and embracing the impact......
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