Some thoughts about debating ideas in modern societies: In these days in which general information is becoming a commodity, the activity of discussing an idea within any context will only become a productive and enjoyable experience the day that we will re-learn and apply the old concepts about knowledge. In the Nicomachean Ethics, for example, Aristotle (384 /322) proposed three approaches to knowledge: The first one was coined as "Episteme" related to scientific knowledge and analytical rationality, which later derived in Epistemology, the study of knowledge. The second was defined as "Techné" which represents practical rationality or the craft developed by humans. This type of knowledge is pragmatic, variable and context-dependent. Nowadays is known as technique. The third one was called "Phronesis," a type of knowledge driven by human values, such as ethics and morality. In our days is known as subjective reasoning; the opinion of an indi
We all die in doubt, or at least, that's how it should be. The truth is not a static state; it's more like a path that we should embrace our whole life. We are in a continuous movement; and sometimes, when you seek the truth, you may become what you used to hate or fear, or even more, the notion of what is evil and what is not can change. On this dynamic movement, I became what I used to fear. Where am I now? What do I think? Now, I appreciate the beauty of human systems. I've been able to cry in the Parthenon of pain seeing the pinnacle of a society destroyed, but also with joy seeing the beauty of places in the new Babylon. Beauty is not created in a day; humans aim to perfection when they build through generations. I became a builder too. I believe that collective effort is the path of the light. Systems also should fail, they fail when they have to. Light and Darkness dance in a continuous movement and I am a builder not because I believe
I f you feel that the challenge of finding an activity that suits your expectations is perhaps one of the most difficult tasks that you’ve ever encountered, you are not alone; such dilemma is common for most of the people that are looking to have a meaningful life. No one can find the answer for you, but I may be able to help with an honest perspective about how I’ve being trying to get a solution for that problem, and it's related to overcoming my fears. To start, I've embraced the fact that not always I was looking for a response. In fact most of the times, I was immersed in mundane daily tasks until at some point bitter feelings came to my life to remind me that the clock is ticking. After some years, I’ve learned to accept such bitterness and even appreciate it, because it’s been a call from my soul for evaluating my present. As I suppose you’ll perceive, this is not something that happens just to you. The next thing that usually I do is to breathe until
Como el amar, el odiar es una reflexión del yo.
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