Have we become binary like our devices? Why is everything one or the other? This or that? Black and white? Good or evil?
I could never understand why Earnest Hemingway was held up as an example of stoicism. As a writer, he was great, but I don't know that his life was something noble. What you've described here is uplifting and powerful. I led an unconventional life after growing up in the kitchen. But what choice does one have when your philosophy is to be true to yourself?
It's true that Stoic philosophy is being true to ourselves. But there's another half that's easy to miss: the fact that we also have to adapt to the living conditions imposed by nature as a whole. It's the harmony between our nature and life as it happens, as Stoics recommend, that contributes to true happiness.
?? This is quite patronising towards women, despite your apparent good intentions. You ignore the possibility that a man can be a nurturer in a family and learn how to balance that with his drive to succeed in the paid workforce. We’re no longer in the masculine arena of Ancient Rome where ‘Man’ is at the centre and literally excludes women from public life.
I see your point. And I should have done better to lay an elaborate foundation of the presumption that a man is also involved in the nurturing process.
Balance. Findind ones own purpose without falling into a selfish and selfabsorbed mode..
Doing what is right for me, yet never forgetting the greater good.
I think a huge problem in society is the subjugation of woman.
Another imbalance. A powergrab instead of a partnership of equals.
And it shows itself in society today through men who think they can control the whole world. Abuse women, children and the environment.
Because they were taught ( by yet another men's club, church ) that they are Gods greatest creation.
Arrogance, greed and ignorance are reigning.
The womans sacredness has been reduced to the barefoot and pregnant, stupid, helpless and hysterical female. Like a slave.
The value of family, a homecooked meal and even the sacredness of nature have been derailed by industrialisation aka the rat race.
And look where it has gotten us.
It is the home life, love and the little things that nourish the soul.
Not a new car, more money, another war or whatever else the men's club is conjuring up next in a seemingly endless stream of new insanities and atrocities.
An imbalance that could eradicate human kind.
Gentlemen, even if you win the rat race, all you'll be, is a rat.
Every person is an individual and has the right to choose their own commitments and actions. No one should choose for them. No social contract exists that one cannot break; in fact, they have every right to rebel against it. However, consequences exist too. The husband who neglects his family suffers, as does the family itself. As Sartre said, we are condemned to choose.
This is very well said Two Feet :). We all have the freedom to choose and indulge what we want, but there's a cost to everything. So it becomes a matter of tradeoffs. I couldn't have said it any better.
Have we become binary like our devices? Why is everything one or the other? This or that? Black and white? Good or evil?
I could never understand why Earnest Hemingway was held up as an example of stoicism. As a writer, he was great, but I don't know that his life was something noble. What you've described here is uplifting and powerful. I led an unconventional life after growing up in the kitchen. But what choice does one have when your philosophy is to be true to yourself?
It's true that Stoic philosophy is being true to ourselves. But there's another half that's easy to miss: the fact that we also have to adapt to the living conditions imposed by nature as a whole. It's the harmony between our nature and life as it happens, as Stoics recommend, that contributes to true happiness.
Amen!
?? This is quite patronising towards women, despite your apparent good intentions. You ignore the possibility that a man can be a nurturer in a family and learn how to balance that with his drive to succeed in the paid workforce. We’re no longer in the masculine arena of Ancient Rome where ‘Man’ is at the centre and literally excludes women from public life.
I see your point. And I should have done better to lay an elaborate foundation of the presumption that a man is also involved in the nurturing process.
Balance. Findind ones own purpose without falling into a selfish and selfabsorbed mode..
Doing what is right for me, yet never forgetting the greater good.
I think a huge problem in society is the subjugation of woman.
Another imbalance. A powergrab instead of a partnership of equals.
And it shows itself in society today through men who think they can control the whole world. Abuse women, children and the environment.
Because they were taught ( by yet another men's club, church ) that they are Gods greatest creation.
Arrogance, greed and ignorance are reigning.
The womans sacredness has been reduced to the barefoot and pregnant, stupid, helpless and hysterical female. Like a slave.
The value of family, a homecooked meal and even the sacredness of nature have been derailed by industrialisation aka the rat race.
And look where it has gotten us.
It is the home life, love and the little things that nourish the soul.
Not a new car, more money, another war or whatever else the men's club is conjuring up next in a seemingly endless stream of new insanities and atrocities.
An imbalance that could eradicate human kind.
Gentlemen, even if you win the rat race, all you'll be, is a rat.
Thank you!
I loved this part, An : "It is the home life, love and the little things that nourish the soul." That is all that matters at the end of the day.
Every person is an individual and has the right to choose their own commitments and actions. No one should choose for them. No social contract exists that one cannot break; in fact, they have every right to rebel against it. However, consequences exist too. The husband who neglects his family suffers, as does the family itself. As Sartre said, we are condemned to choose.
This is very well said Two Feet :). We all have the freedom to choose and indulge what we want, but there's a cost to everything. So it becomes a matter of tradeoffs. I couldn't have said it any better.