Philosophical Speculations

You ignore the obvious, that our thinking as human beings can be wrong. If the content of your thinking is correct or wrong doesn’t change the divine nature of Thinking, and that is the point that Steiner is making. Of course it is our responsability to try to make good use of thinking. You set as ...

Yes, I took that idea from PoF, but I am reading in the prologue of the book you mention (preview in amazon) that: ‘For if you agree to abandon the dogma that “percepts without concepts are blind”, as Kant put it, a deep theoretical mess, a genuine quagmire, will dry up. This is one of the main them...

Ashvin, thank you for this new post, very interesting as always. But I have a doubt, you say: We say perception absolutely comes before meaning, for example, because we are first conscious of perceiving objects and only later conscious of their meaning. In philosophy, this dynamic is known as "...

Ashvin, Two questions: I'm genuinely curious if Ben, Eugene, TriloByte and Shalibei would agree with the characterization you have provided here? Have you considered that BK means by "illusions" what you mean by "incompleteness", when you assert that even the most insightful amo...

Ashvin, Two questions: I'm genuinely curious if Ben, Eugene, TriloByte and Shalibei would agree with the characterization you have provided here? Have you considered that BK means by "illusions" what you mean by "incompleteness", when you assert that even the most insightful amo...

Several times, in books or interviews, BK mentions the ideas of Viktor Frankl as one example of wise thinking and viable solution for the crisis of meaning. The thing is that in Frankl’s writings always is emphasized the importance of the individual, his singularity and unrepeatibility situation in...

Several times, in books or interviews, BK mentions the ideas of Viktor Frankl as one example of wise thinking and viable solution for the crisis of meaning. The thing is that in Frankl’s writings always is emphasized the importance of the individual, his singularity and unrepeatibility situation in ...

Could you elaborate more about this topic? I would really appreciate it. When you have time, of course. Hi TB, please take a look at my recent post here https://metakastrup.org/viewtopic.php?p=16093#p16093 Feel free to ask further question back here in your thread. Ashvin, Cardenio, thank you for y...

Cardenio wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 7:23 pm "If all you ever say is 'thank you,' that is enough."
—Meister Eckhart

No doubt. There is wisdom in those words.

To build on what was said: the first thing we should pray for is that we be granted the wisdom to know what to pray for. Otherwise, we risk desiring what seems good and what seems good is often contradictory to what is good. We should actually be pleased not to get what we want until we have first ...