May 7 2009, 09:39 AM
QUOTE(Kidicarus @ May 1 2009, 01:00 AM)
No.
All that summary does is let you in on the vehicle by which the different philosophies are introduced to the reader.
While it serves as an introduction to philosophy, it also forces the reader to understand the underlying principles behind them.
While 2+2=4, it doesn't just let you accept that 4 is the answer but instead it makes you understand why 4 is the answer. It is still a relatively 'easy' read but it is quite exhausting because it introduces so many new and different concepts to someone who has not read up on philosophy beforehand.
+1 All that summary does is let you in on the vehicle by which the different philosophies are introduced to the reader.
While it serves as an introduction to philosophy, it also forces the reader to understand the underlying principles behind them.
While 2+2=4, it doesn't just let you accept that 4 is the answer but instead it makes you understand why 4 is the answer. It is still a relatively 'easy' read but it is quite exhausting because it introduces so many new and different concepts to someone who has not read up on philosophy beforehand.
I think what TS truly need is to spend a little more on the search engine by typing in 'philosophy' and 'philosopher', by the definations and differeciates in between all of these, and he/she still gets any interests to go on, he should get Sophie's World, which is written merely for secondary school students as a door to peek into adults' world. Perhaps, TS should really drill into the defination of philosophy, which is more critical, as i assume he is needing it for study purposes... In short, philosophy is everything around us, our parents have taught us their philosophy of life all along, but they might not know it is called philosophy. In fact, each and everyone of us are having our own sets of 'skills' to deal with our everyday's life from age 0 till death... if we insist our thoughts strong enough, and get it supported by others, we will become a new philosopher live long in google search one day
TS - to your first post, other than my suggestion above, your further step is to find out the followings philosopher's details in google: they are Plato, Socrates and Aristotle, and their relationship. They are the oldest(?) in ancient Roman times, but it is not fair cos I personally love many more others younger philosophers works and I'd really like to share with you, however, it is not the time yet. I believe by understand the basic concepts of these three philosopher, which is relatively easy and general, you would be able to pass your first exam on this field
so to speak. hah.This post has been edited by secretsquirrel: May 7 2009, 09:47 AM
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