MAGA MAN (12-20-2019)
In a world were one person's religion is another person's fantasy, and one person's fantasy is another person's reality, the only sane person is the honest observer.
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
MAGA MAN (12-20-2019)
^^ A discourse about the nature of true knowledge that has been going on since at least the 5th century B.C.
Aristotle would maintain that observation of the natural world, observation with our sensory perception is the path to true knowledge.
Plato maintained that true knowledge was found through contemplation of the transcendent, that knowledge was not to be found in observation because our senses are a filter on reality.
John Locke would maintain that experience and empiricism is the correct trajectory to knowledge.
Descartes would assert that truth is innate and attainable through rationalism, reason, and contemplation. Because our senses can deceive us.
I myself find a lot of value in Tolstoy's take on things.
"The only thing that we know is that we know nothing, and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.”
― Leo Tolstoy
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
MAGA MAN (12-20-2019)
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Cancel 2020.2 (12-03-2019)
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Cancel 2020.2 (12-03-2019)
MAGA MAN (12-20-2019)
MAGA MAN (12-20-2019)
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Per Merriam-Webster
honesty a: adherence to the facts : SINCERITY
doubted the honesty of the witness
b: fairness and straightforwardness of conduct
calling for honesty in politics
observer a: a representative sent to observe but not participate officially in an activity (such as a meeting or war)
b: an expert analyst and commentator in a particular field
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
MAGA MAN (12-20-2019)
MAGA MAN (12-20-2019)
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Cancel 2020.2 (12-03-2019)
I think it is exceedingly difficult to make direct comparisons between the nature of reality and knowledge in the western tradition, and the nature of reality in the eastern traditions. I do not think Siddhartha Gautama, aka the Buddha, believed in a God or deity in any conventional sense. I would not presume to speak intelligently on Buddhism, except that Siddhartha Gautama certainly considered self-reflection and self-enlightenment to be a path to knowledge and the transcendent. In that way, he was nothing like the tradition of western knowledge epitomized by Aristotle, Locke, and those natural philosophers who placed great weight on sensory perception, experience, and physical observation.
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