The 20th century does not seem to have been enough to demonstrate the risk of politicizing philosophy, nor the disasters that result from interpreting the “act” as a political act, or “responsibility” as a principle that claims the individual as a collective agent. The effort to distort thought and use it as a pretext and resource in this modern factory of activism persists, even though it has been proven to produce nothing but destruction. It is unfortunate, but it does not seem to be with less activism that the current activism can be combated.
Tag: behavior
Intelligence Begins With the Ability…
If, as has been said, intelligence begins with the ability to marvel, it also follows that the more the notion of normality spreads, the more difficult it is for intelligence to manifest itself. In other words: starting with the universe, passing through nature, through society and culminating in the details of everyday life, looking at all of this and seeing it as natural, ordinary, instead of being amazed at the extraordinary succession of factors necessary to generate it, is actually restraining the manifestation of intellect.
In No Way Can the Thirst for Domination…
In no way can the thirst for domination be considered virtuous, although it is a ubiquitous feature of history. Every conceivable reason has been well documented to condemn it, and yet the present century sees it expanding by ever more powerful means, without at least a consensus that it is urgent to curb it, stop it, expose it and subjugate it. Experiencing consequences as obvious and easily perceptible as those we are seeing is something that even animals cannot afford.
Atheism Has Led Modern Man to Such Extreme…
Atheism has led modern man to such extreme disorientation that rescuing the most basic notions of his human condition is a task that can no longer be completed in a few generations. The state of affairs is so calamitous that not even literature can lend itself to a realistic and integral portrayal of today’s society, otherwise it will be roundly rejected by future generations for having gone beyond the absurd, even if fictional possibilities are taken into account. This is perhaps an unprecedented situation, in which it is necessary to ignore the bulk of reality in order to make lasting literature. There are things that cannot be said at a table, and there are things that cannot be written.