Skip to main content

Philosophy as a study: - By Khushi Joshi

Image
By

           

 The overall concept of philosophy is wise and based on reflection of all those common natures, behaviors and knows ledges that seem to be common but in reality it was alien. While you study philosophy, you gain a viewpoint through you behold the ultimate reality which is unique for every person.

             Studying philosophy involves understanding a fact and then trying to categorize in more specific way, but again there are arguments both supportive and criticizing. You may think that learning philosophy is interesting, and I am not condemning this fact, but there are some disadvantages. We all are aware; philosophy is not a rocket science. But diving deep can be harmful, as it grants you a perspective about life and once you had seen that gruesome side your whole existence is altered. The person you were before studying metaphysics is dead.

Let’s take a case, a child is happy with even chewy and sweet candies but years later this is not case with the same child who is now an adult. Why is it so? Because its values related to happiness changes, a change is viewpoint, quite simple but not easily visible. Scientists use microscope for studying tiny things like cells. Same logic is applied here; we use philosophy to study about these simple things.

You might be thinking, why my feelings are mixed. Well, it has both advantages and disadvantages. An aware individual can bring a change in society because their reaction is m calm. These people can work for social well beings. They can be great voters, citizens, writers, journalists, politicians, or we could conclude informed human beings. But philosophy and individuals’ opinions can differ and this lead to conflict.

        Let’s assume that individuals can live happily even with different opinions. But what about those individuals who are completely altered version of themselves. With philosophy, you could meet real world that was hidden behind your ignorance, but these insights are not always creating positive mindset. Sometimes, it could make you hopeless and consuming more philosophical ideas can take us to a state of mind where you feel that you are not a person who knows about life and its meaning of existence. You may try to find your reason or ultimate happiness but road you choose can be proven harmful for others.

Thus, a balance is required while learning philosophy. But still its effects on individuals are different accordingly. For instance; a degree of communalism: 

• 1st degree is mild;

• 2nd degree involves hostility towards own people for the community as a whole (save tradition type); &

• 3rd degree involves hostile behavior towards others’ religions and believing that their faith is only the source of salvation.

     For the above case, it should be noted that I am not approving that communalism is ethical philosophy. Instead, a mass feeling aroused from religious misunderstanding, a mispronounced philosophy of religious ethics. The affecting individuals develop diverse opinions leading to a social change both in positive and negative ways. Maybe, a balance could help but what is a human balance. This further questions about conclusion of philosophical dialogues but I do not see any end. The philosophy of “Ying and Yang” classifies about a balance, but what amount of equilibrium do we need and if it’s possible then who will determine that in number or quantity.

After reading major philosophers, a question about your existence that you had asked from at the beginning is still unsolved even attempted many times. You may find answer or maybe not but even with years of thinking you may feel as you are still there. But the voyage of philosophy is filled with adventures and you will gain a lot.

By Khushi Joshi

8/02/2024

4:15 PM


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Indian Paradox : Democracy, Communism and National Identity

By
 On the 10th October 2008, the historic deal was signed between India and the USA. A landmark occasion as India began to be recognised as a nuclear weapon state, a privilege that enabled gain access to critical technologies. The core of agreement focuses on the non proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The deal opens the door for import of Uranium which further leads to peaceful and civilian use of nuclear energy. The deal also strengthens the future image of India at international level. However, being democratic country with a political instability as a feature of Manmohan Singh's government took a unique turn. Criticism was expressed in parliament but the irony is that the opposition party led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji supported the deal but coalition parties threatened the cabinet for withdrawing the support. In my opinion,this is a common situation but the issue that concerns me most is the fact that primary opposition came from communist party also known as "le...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Great Depression

By
  Th ere is lots to write about American events and among them is the Great Depression', that took place in the United States of America during the 1930s. The long and widespread depression of the 20th century was started in 1929 and lasted till the late 1930s. This economic turmoil was started after the fall of stock prices began in early September 1929 and this turmoil became worldwide news on 29th October 1929 when the stock market was crashing , this day is known as Black Tuesday. Between 1929 to 1932 the stock market lost 90% of its value and it takes 25 years to recover. This massive event lost the confidence of investors and even those who have not invested money also lose because banks invested their money from saving account. The economic output was $105 billion, at today's price it is estimated $1 trillion. Depression proved that the classical theory of Adam Smith called Laissez Faire was proven failed that was associated with President Herbert Hoover...
Post a Comment
Read more

Climate Change: a great crises that we will defeat.

By
  “Climate change is a terrible problem, and it needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.”-Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft. Do you experience intense heat more often than your parents and grandparents? It must be a ‘NO’. During those days heat was not severe and if we analyze the scenario 20 years ago, people were able to live without air conditioners. But why are we experiencing this weather pattern? Well, this is persuaded by human activities that cause climate change. As per as United Nations, climate change is regarded as one of the greatest crises in the world. Planet Earth emits certain amount of carbon but its natural mechanism regulates overall temperature. But these things began to take dramatic turn when humans began to hinder over earth mechanism. With the advent of industrial revolution, humans were researching on striving for new technologies that provoked higher economic growth. This progressive philosophy remodeled into reckless chaos to exploit earth. ...
Post a Comment
Read more