Quoting Andy <min.erva@xxxxxxxxx>: > Even if philosophy is basically for the few, and even if most of it won't > help me understand the world, that doesn't invalidate it as a discipline. > For what it's worth, just thought I'd mention it. -----------> Your humility and renunciation of self-love is stunning! Many thanks for the vote of confidence as well. Walter O MUN > > > Andy <min.erva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In my opinion, unless that activity can be useful in some way, it doesn't > rise above a bunch of isms . I said quite the opposite of philosophy lying > in the material realm. I said it lies in the intellectual realm, only I > called it the spirit. As such it would seem to comprise different frameworks > with which to understand reality. Unfortunately, the frameworks are > necessarily non-empirical. Going back to that movie, can philosophy help me > to understand it, to put it into some sort of perspective? Possibly, but I > suspect that's not the reason for being of philosophy. It exists for itself, > a game for the few. I didn't see a course entitled "Applied Philosophy". > Now that would be interesting. > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster > Total Access, No Cost. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html