November 21 is the world philosophy day. Learning philosophy is actually delearning and relearning life itself. Like literature, whom philosophy closely relates to, philosophy clears cobwebs from the mind. Philosophy is highly interesting because it shares borders with many other knowledge systems. Why, there is even a philosophy of science even when the common perception believes that science and humanities, diametrically opposed to each other, are sworn enemies.
Hence the title of our blog today. Philosophy is everywhere, from the word to the world. Oh, yes, great philosophers do not belong to the WhatsApp University though. Why so?Well, look at the very nomenclature. The word is made of two roots, philos and sophia. Philos is love, while Sophia is wisdom!
Capra to Camus, Vedas to Confucius, the reach of philosophy is everywhere, in each field and in every era. Yet, the beauty of philosophy is that it traverses from "ahm bramha asmi" to "neti, neti", and in every script.
Philosophy teaches you to bear with a knowing laugh as "common sense" (may be, philosophy re-fines it, that is to say, makes it finer) the most interesting people who praise each other in the " Aho Rupam, Aho Dhwani" way so that the 'common'-ality can cloud the exceptional, right?
That is it in the final analysis. Philosophy teaches you to take the whole of the life around with, nay, not a pinch of salt, but with a sack of salt! Wipe your hand across your mouth and laugh because the world revolves like cheapos gathering doled out monies for any silly task! T.S.Eliot, an interesting philosopher in his own way, would, I am sure, forgive me the word play on his quote as it clarifies the world as it is today!
Pratima@"The wise person," maintains Aristotle, "never says everything he thinks, but always thinks everything he says."
Quote of the day: "If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labour passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures," maintains Musonius Rufus.
Word, rather, the phrase of the day: Sisyphus' labour. The term comes from Greek mythology. It refers to Sisyphus who had to push uphill a boulder which would promptly roll down. The concept is most interestingly analysed by thinkers from the ancient times to one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century, Albert Camus.
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