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Kate
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Dear friend,
This philosophy class is confusing. The guy likes to ask a lot of questions. Like what is philosophy and what is wisdom and what is happiness. Do you have any answers? I couldn't find words to express what I meant for either, so I was kind of quiet while everyone else dug holes of bad explanations. Tommorow's homework was to be able to discuss if "the unexamined mind was worth living" as Socrates said. What do you think? I'm so confused and frustrated in a sense. I'll show you my ideas when I come back. I wish you were here. Everyone is emo and dark and scores well on standardized tests. I made a lot of friends suprisingly, the coolest of which so far is named Danny. He has dyed red hair and wears black and likes good music and gave me his extra copy of Pinkerton. Please write.
Love, Kate
PS: Paul, if you are reading this, please write too! I miss you too.
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Dafremen
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Dear Kate,
I have no idea who you are, but I found your dilemma/homework intriguing. The unexamined mind is most CERTAINLY worth living. It is the self-absorbed nature of the human brain that makes most of the complications in our daily lives.
We need but ask ourselves if the life of the bird in the field is worth its living, or that of any beast in the field. Most certainly it must be, for why else would these creatures cling so tightly, as do we (most of the time), to life in whatever form it happens to take? If we take the view that we are but material, made of the same stuff as everything around us, it is easy to see that an existence as living material is infinitely preferable to a life as non-living material. Would you rather be a dunce on a chair in the corner? Or the chair upon which he sits? If Socrates meant to suggest that we strive to understand our own mind, certainly his suggestion isn't a bad one, but to suggest that to possess a mind without examining it was equivilent to a mind wasted, was the self indulgent, fanciful poppycock of a great mind, that of Socrates.
Good luck,
Roger Dafremen
see also: CLAPTRAP
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Dafremen
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I still wonder what happened with this homework assignment.
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dB
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Well said on your part daff.
I hope s/he took your words to heart. Unlike most people who post here just for the sake of posting and getting a resonse, rather than having a debate.
ok, I'll shut up now.
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