No philosophy and no religion that wants to be truly great can do without practice, that is, can do without realization through a real human being. Only example convinces, and only positivization in practice justifies theory, which, no matter how superior it may seem, will never be superior unless it also proves itself through its fruits. So, as convenient as listening to what it says, it is important to pay attention to what it actually does.
Tag: philosophy
It Is Always Automatic to Opt for the Least Effort
It is always automatic to opt for the least effort, even though this is often the worst decision. Therefore, wisdom is to consider when instinct has already decided, and to proceed against it again and again. Over time, the brain loses its impetus and, although instinct lives on in it, it seems to get used to the reality that the easier option is almost always the certainty of later frustration.
There Are Ideas That Mature and Ideas That Time Makes Rot
There are ideas that mature and ideas that time makes rot. All of them, however, seem to benefit from time, with the exception only being those that burst forth and demand immediate transposition onto paper. But these, if properly analyzed, may not be ideas at all, or just ideas, but passing states of mind that, once wasted, may never return.
The Practical Man and the Thinking Man
Thomas Bernhard, in Extinction, makes a very sharp reflection on what can be called the practical man and the thinking man. According to his reasoning, the practical man hates idleness and usually identifies it with the thinking man. However, the practical man, unaccustomed to thought, only conceives of action as practical action, and therefore cannot understand the absence of practical action as anything other than idleness. But the truth is that idleness does not exist for the thinking man, because it is precisely under the appearance of idleness that he experiences his states of greatest excitement. This, however, is far beyond the comprehension of the practical man. The curious thing about all this is that, in fact, it is precisely the practical man who slips into the idleness that he hates so much: incapable of thinking, only for him does the absence of practical action mean genuine and absolute inaction.