One essential quality of good writing and philosophy is its ability to evoke, cause the reader to think and ponder on a situation I.e act as a midwife.
I think I have mused on this sometime but I got clarity just going through this. Enjoyed the last paragraph best.
Thank you for the lovely comment and I fully agree with you! Good writing should act as a sort of midwife, evoking and guiding the reader through a thought process
Loved this. The idea that an overfed “wisdom feed” turns into mood-based self-justification is painfully accurate. I especially like your distinction: the what and how are contextual, but the why is the anchor, philosophy as a tool for judgment, not a vending machine for slogans.
That is odd -- I do not recall having received this in my inbox!
Well that can happen haha
One essential quality of good writing and philosophy is its ability to evoke, cause the reader to think and ponder on a situation I.e act as a midwife.
I think I have mused on this sometime but I got clarity just going through this. Enjoyed the last paragraph best.
Thank you for the lovely comment and I fully agree with you! Good writing should act as a sort of midwife, evoking and guiding the reader through a thought process
Loved this. The idea that an overfed “wisdom feed” turns into mood-based self-justification is painfully accurate. I especially like your distinction: the what and how are contextual, but the why is the anchor, philosophy as a tool for judgment, not a vending machine for slogans.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! The mood-based self-justification was confronting for myself as well