tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44122170488816577562024-03-19T06:30:34.097-03:00The Fitness Philosopherstarted in 2011 - the blog of philosopher Andrew J Cutler PhD
Often imitated- NEVER duplicated. Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-17893482610122455572019-10-29T11:55:00.000-03:002019-10-29T13:20:52.198-03:00Dan Blizzarian, Aristotle and Friendship<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Dan Bilzerian gets it.....the pursuit of money for money and sex for sex are blackholes, what Hegel would call the 'spurious infinity" of things. (Yes I really do think he is correct about this.)</b></i><br />
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<i><b> ‘For, it seems, not everything is loved but [only] what is lovable, and this is either good or pleasant or useful’ Aristotle </b></i><br />
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<b>Here we see Dan Blizerian (who for some odd reason does not call himself 'the Bliz' AKA Ozzy's handle in the 80's<i>) </i>playing captain of one of his pleasure crafts- of which he would own many. #CBD </b><br />
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<b>Dan is a around 40 years old and an US Instagram/internet star who I knew about because of social media and originally due to his dad's "questionable" financial activity in the '90's, see this article about how his family lived in a $60 million dollar mansion without actually owning it for decades.I am not a poker player but he was a big poker guy for a few years, as well. Was it a way to launder money or just spend an inheritance -who would know. </b><br />
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<b>Now I am not going to start bashing Dan for being a privileged American playboy. That would be pointless. He does not seem to be a mean spirited person or out to hurt people. Why would I attack him?</b><br />
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<b>I mean its the luck of the draw in many ways that led to his life. As Aristotle would say "luck" is a major component of happiness.</b><br />
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<b>The guy has had his shares of health scares (heart attacks) and legal scares and who knows what else. The guy also has zero privacy. Life is not all roses for anyone, ever. </b><br />
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<b>What I want to talk about today is somethings he recently said in an interview. I only watched about 10 minutes of it but that was enough. He said, "chasing money and sex are black holes- you will never have enough". Furthermore he said that money does not make one happy, instead true friendships does. This is TRUTH. This is classical Greek wisdom. This is in Aristotle. </b><br />
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<b>Human strive for the good, as political animals it means we need others. Much of the world is survival and deception and loss. But sometimes we can transcend necessity and find other human beings we can truly call friends. It is in these social relationships, small groups at that, where humans find deep, satisfying happiness.</b><br />
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<b>I was in fact taken back at how much I agreed with him and what he said. How could Dan be so astute on this. </b><br />
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<b>One word: EXPERIENCE. </b><br />
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<b>He has had the experiences of lots of money, or lots of models around him, or lots of parties, or lots of guns or lots of whatever he wants and you know what he said about being happy, "Doing mushrooms on beach with his buddies". For his this was a happy episode of life, it had little to do with money or anything else. He went on to say social media is bad for human relationships and he wants off it. This is some good advice.</b><br />
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<b>While the guy is not really educated academically, he has a long forgotten form of education:</b><br />
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<u><b>Its called being very rich and very independent and doing what you actually want until all the meaningless shit is revealed for what it is. </b></u><br />
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<b>In simple terms, millions of young people look at Dan and want his lifestyle. Whether it is legit real or a social media stage show for 'likes' and all the cars and models are in fact hired (who would know) it does not matter. The reality is Dan has been able to apparently live a lifestyle many young men would envy- and old men, and women and everyone -anyone, who likes to have fun would envy.</b><br />
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<b>The point here is that when he says "friendship is what makes you happy" this is not some theory he has. </b><br />
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<b>Its more like, we did this big experiment and just did whatever we wanted, acted like super rich US capitalists, and pursued all the status symbols and actually lived THAT life. And found it wanting. That life does not make you happier. Is anyone smart enough to take this advice? I mean the curse of humanity is that we seem to have the desire to learn each thing ourselves, and want to ignore others. Its where the crazy idea that all opinions are equal comes from. </b><br />
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<b>If you want to be happy, focus on friendships, real friendships and carving out real quality time with these people. Make sure the people close to you are actually friends and ask yourself how you can be a better friend. </b><br />
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<b>THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY BLOG. </b></div>
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It is on a hiatus right now -in a maintenance phase while I develop my new website. </div>
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I started this blog in 2011 (as a graduate student) and its been over 8 years now- so its time to "mature" my site to include more academic publications since I am now teaching a number of courses every semester and am working on my book.</div>
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<b>Leisure: Classical to Contemporary Conceptions</b> should be out in summer of 2019<br />
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<br />Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-56627172880421460192018-12-03T11:00:00.000-04:002018-12-03T11:00:39.332-04:00Circle of Iron and the Secret of Life <div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>A Zen Master lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening, while he was away, a thief sneaked into the hut only to find there was nothing in it to steal. The Zen Master returned and found him. "You have come a long way to visit me," he told the prowler, "and you should not return empty handed. Please take my clothes as a gift." The thief was bewildered, but he took the clothes and ran away. The Master sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow," he mused, " I wish I could give him this beautiful moon."</b> </span></div>
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I have a confession: I hate Netflix. Not just because it encourages the worst form of leisure- passive screen time- and I have students write essays on the problems of technology and leisure and sitting in a electromagnetic field, motionless for hours in the evening after siting at a desk all day staring a screen motionless expect for hand and jaw movements- lol I know anyone reading this blog can figure out the problems for themselves. Beyond that - the content bores me to death - there are the occasional good films, especially on the US version. (The Canadian version being not as good, and the British being the worst version I have come across of NF versions as far as content) I also have some thing in my analytic mind where I can just "analyze the best thing to watch for like 20 minutes" and this is beyond the worst form of channel surfing and akin to walking through a library and reading titles when one is better off just grabbing a book, any book, and reading it. SO I actually think the YouTube is superior and there are some other alternative services like CRACKLE and TUBI. TUBI is pretty cool since it has a ton of old films (think 70/80 martial arts films) among its weird horror and action line titles. So if one is to engage in passive screen time - I feel one should absolutely enjoy it. (I have the same idea with treat foods- only eat junk food and treats you love- "the mouth watering" amalyse/"I feel good right now"serotonin combo needed for good digestion and assimilation of nutrients/ ready to eat it again and benefit more effect is lacking in foods we force down or dislike). I think that pleasure is an important aspect of growing as human beings and not something we should eliminate-yet it is a means and not the end of why we do things. If we JUST did things for pleasure we would miss out on all of the great ways struggle and pain enhance well being- ex. vigourous exercise. But I digress, recently I watched a gem of a film from the late 1970's starring David Carradine- called Circle of Iron.<br />
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<li>the films was originally written by Bruce Lee as a vehicle to teach philosophy - ZEN philosophy- to the masses. </li>
<li>Bruce Lee has been over and mis- quoted in recent years on the internet but that is par for the course for internet quoting of course. That being said my whole life of "fitness and philosophy" was inspired by Bruce Lee and my karate and kung fu lessons as a kid. </li>
<li>It was a Bruce Lee text that offered my first "satori" in fact when I was 17 years old- and something that ANYONE who has trained under me will recognize and this is the idea that we must learn to "feel our bodies" when we workout and not just "think about what we are doing". This is also in classic bodybuilding theory - called the mind muscle connection- but was much more acute and focussed on particular muscles and movements and not the WHOLE body as a unit per se. As a youth with no money I often would spend hours in bookstores reading the books and clearly remember the day I was reading this in a bookstore and the idea that we should "feel our body" hit me like lightning and I could all of a sudden feel my feet on the floor and my butt on the chair and it was an absolutely qualitative transformation of my being in that moment- i was broken out of my cerebral prison momentarily. </li>
<li>For various film business reasons (greed, racism, greed, ego, greed, budgets, etc) Bruce left the production of the film and just like the TV show KUNG FU he was to write and star in- bring in David Carradine the white dude replacement for Lee. I used to dislike David for this reason but I enjoy his acting when he wa younger in fact- and KILL BILL was awesome and his character in that was basically an extension of the one he plays here. </li>
<li>The main idea is there is a fighter (in fact this was a Canadian actor from Hamilton Ontario, who was tall and jacked with a serious washboard) who belongs to no school and has no style (YES MMA was a thing before UFC lol) aka Jeet Kune Do and he was going to beat up everyone necessary until he got to Zoten and could read from the Ultimate Book and have the secrets to reality. </li>
<li>He beats everyone up, finally gets to the BOSS, the BOSS asks him to "become him" (well take over his role in life) without even a fight and to therefore become the new Guardian of the book. When the hero finally opens the book - the pages are mirrors. THE PAGES ARE MIRRORS. Not I don't mean the magic book was Richard Rorty's - <b>Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature - : ) - but </b> really mirrors. Interpret what the mirror means fro yourself- I am not here to tell you EVERYTHING :) . <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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OK, OK time to get down to brass tax as they say! What is the main take away here you can use in your next manager meeting or technocratic 'foosball' meeting at the start-up? Well nothing. There you go, a huge slice of, nothing. Ok and just like good music performance begins with a moment of silence just before the music 'kicks in' I wanted to say that :). </div>
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In life we almost always are blind to the good right in front of us, and instead focus on the novel that is coming our way. Let me add to that. If we can see the good in front of us now, like a fractal, we can see it in all things. If we cannot even prepare a meal well, how can we think we can life a life of well being. If we cannot relax enough to breathe and take in what is happening around us, in its beauty, ugliness or in between, exactly when will we? If we have to skip good music, or paintings or films for the sake of the newest or flashiest or most fashionable this month- how much do we lose in life? If we cannot enjoy the trees outside our homes-why do we think backpacking in exotic locations will fulfill us? Why do we need to get so caught up in our clothes, and style and "aesthetic" at the sake of the confortable, affordable and practical? What type of problems lead us to react to life in this way? I say it has partly to do with what the theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson called "maximum novelty" or the idea that human beings always want the novel and the new and this has roots of course for him in evolution. In many ways, even if we take a simplistic evolutionary view, many aspects of human life are unneeded "leftovers' from this process -like the "sweet tooth"- which no longer serves as something useful but as something detrimental (well dentists make a living off it I guess) :). Often "more" is the the right answer. Quantity does not really trump Quality. As the saying in The Iron Circle openign credit says "<span style="background-color: #fcfae7; color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Tie two birds together, and even though they have four wings, they cannot fly."</span></div>
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Now let me take this to a philosophical level/ Remember the film about that bully from New Jersey who goes to California and learns why Okinawa is awesome- it was called the Karate Kid. Well in that movie Daniel (the main dude) is taught Karate (or a form of it) but a Japanese (more accurately Okinawan) man : Mr. Miagi (in reality neither of these actors were actual martial artists). BUT there is a scene where he shows Daniel how to catch flies with chopsticks. This idea come directly from <i>Circle of Iron</i> and there is a amazing quote by Bruce Lee explaining this idea in a forward to the script for the film. Here it is:</div>
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<b><i>"The story illustrates a great difference between Oriental and Western thinking. This average Westerner would be intrigued by someone’s ability to catch flies with chopsticks, and would probably say that has nothing to do with how good he is in combat. But the Oriental would realize that a man who has attained such complete mastery of an art reveals his presence of mind in every action. The state of wholeness and imperturbability demonstrated by the master indicated his mastery of self.</i></b></div>
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The final line of course now makes a link back to the Western tradition of philosophy and the Socratic maxim of "Know Thyself" which came famously from the oracle of Delphi along with the parallel instruction (far less popular today) "nothing in excess." Well I would say that the whole idea of "novelty" or the "grass is greener" over there or the "just around the corner is best" way of thinking is a HUGE problem. What if instead of trying to find new CONTENTS for our consciousness, we instead worked on the QUALITY of consciousness itself. Starting RIGHT NOW, you can slow down, take a breathe and live the next 5 minutes paying attention to how you feel and what is going on around you. If you can tie you shoes with majesty and grace, you can take that long with you into your daily conversations, and into your work and your busyness. If you can learn to see the joke in the midst of the problem or learn to feel the vibration of our voice in our throat- when we can see and feel that which is right in front of us- we can then start to live from a place of stability. If we can think of ourselves and the world we live in as a collection of perceptions and experiences which we will never truly totally understand - we can move away from thinking about life as a series of chess moves or problems that need constant attention or worry. </div>
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Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-74689310826441169032018-05-15T09:05:00.003-03:002018-05-15T09:06:32.022-03:00An Interpretation of Aristotle's Epistemology <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 32px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">
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<b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Book Six of the <i>Nicomachean Ethics </i>deals with the intellectual virtues and what is essentially Aristotle’s working epistemology. Aristotle answers how it is a human being comes to understand things. He gives five instances in which humans understand but quickly reduces them to four. He writes, “Let us assume there are five ways in which the soul arrives at truth by affirmation or denial, namely; art, science, prudence, wisdom and intuition.”<span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="applewebdata://7A24CD4D-8204-462A-8AEA-C164689DA8EE#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Each of these deserves some commentary in relation to education, leisure and the intellectual life. However, these translations can be problematic and misleading. Therefore, some Greek translations and certain Latin translations will be used. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> The first is <i>techne</i>, which is translated as skill, art or craft and involves general know how. The possession of <i>techne</i>means one has certain skills for a certain type of production. This could be the production of a sculpture, the production of good health by a physician or the production of music by a musician. It can be thought of as applied science, which deals with production. However, Aristotle curiously says that it is less like knowledge and more like luck. Aristotle writes “there is a sense in which art and luck operate in the same sphere.”<a href="applewebdata://7A24CD4D-8204-462A-8AEA-C164689DA8EE#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[2]</span></span></span></a>There can be four different ways that the soul arrives at truth, or understands something. In this sense, it is not counted as an intellectual virtue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The second way to arrive at truth is <i>episteme</i>, which is translated as science, or more accurately as scientific knowledge. However, it sometimes deals with the functioning of nature (<i>physis</i>) and the world of necessity. “The object of scientific knowledge is necessity.”<a href="applewebdata://7A24CD4D-8204-462A-8AEA-C164689DA8EE#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[3]</span></span></span></a>This is based on the empirical observations<a href="applewebdata://7A24CD4D-8204-462A-8AEA-C164689DA8EE#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[4]</span></span></span></a>and the classification of nature, which Aristotle popularized. <i>Episteme </i>deals with knowledge for its own sake and in regards to leisure, philosophy and science tend to form a continuum, since they are both part of the intellectual life of the mind. In the <i>Posterior Analytics </i>Aristotle technically defines <i>episteme</i>as knowledge of a universal through its causes. In the <i>Metaphysics</i>Aristotle explains all forms of change and rest with his explanation of the four causes: the material, formal, efficient and final causes<a href="applewebdata://7A24CD4D-8204-462A-8AEA-C164689DA8EE#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[5]</span></span></span></a>of a bronze statue. However, <i>episteme </i>has no actual access to the first principle and in this sense is a detached and truncated form of knowing. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The third is <i>phronesis</i>, which is translated as practical wisdom and sometimes as prudence (which can be misleading).<b></b><i>Phronesis </i>deals with particulars, things that could have been different and is the subject matter of ethics and politics. Aristotle writes, “Clearly then prudence is a virtue and not an art… Yet it is not merely a rational state, as is indicated by the fact that such as state can be forgotten, but prudence cannot.<a href="applewebdata://7A24CD4D-8204-462A-8AEA-C164689DA8EE#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[6]</span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">While one can think about making a good choice, <i>phronesis</i>is an engrained habit of character. That is why he distinguished it from a rational state and it is something deeper that can be easily forgotten. This is the nature of habits. Aristotle also thought that some people naturally had the practical wisdom to live well. While most people need to be educated and learn from experience to gain good habits for life. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The fourth is <i>Sophia</i></span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">which is generally translated as theoretical wisdom. It involves the skill of thinking in universals, such as the subject matter of mathematics of logic. It is also translated as simply, wisdom, and refers to one who is very wise and engages in acts of genius. It is famously, if not inaccurately said that Plato had written over the door of his Academy, “Let no one enter, who is ignorant of geometry.”</span><a href="applewebdata://7A24CD4D-8204-462A-8AEA-C164689DA8EE#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[7]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">This meant that one needed to be familiar with universal truths and was wise before studying philosophy. However it needs to be noted that Plato used the term </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">sophia</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">as wisdom to refer to both practical and theoretical wisdom. Therefore, the technical distinction between the two forms of wisdom comes in Aristotle. He uses </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">sophia</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">to specifically mean theoretical wisdom which is a synthesis of </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">episteme</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">and </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">nous</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">. As Aristotle writes, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">The wise man must not only know all that follows from the first principles, but must also have a true understanding of those principles. Therefore, wisdom must be intuition and scientific knowledge: knowledge ‘complete with head’ (not truncated or having separation between first principles and their demonstrations) of the most precious truths.<a href="applewebdata://7A24CD4D-8204-462A-8AEA-C164689DA8EE#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">[8]</span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Finally, the fifth way of human understanding is νοῦς (<i>nous</i>)<i></i>which is often translated as intellect and related to intuition. This topic can lead to some confusion, since at the time of Aristotle nous could refer to intelligence generally. Plato writes in the <i>Philebus </i>that, "all philosophers agree…whereby they really exalt themselves…that νοῦς is king of heaven and earth. Perhaps they are right."<a href="applewebdata://7A24CD4D-8204-462A-8AEA-C164689DA8EE#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">[9]</span></span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times";">The importance that Aristotle gives to νοῦς is seen in his definition of human nature as uniquely intelligent. "Therefore for man, too, the best and most pleasant life is the life of νοῦςsince the intellect is in the fullest sense the man. So this life will also be the happiest.”</span><span lang="EN-US">In the <i>Phaedo</i>, Socrates on his deathbed states that it was his discovery of the concept of νοῦς in the pre-Socratics, namely Anaxagoras, as the ordering principle of the universe, which had stimulated his life of philosophy. While the concept of<i>nous </i>can be the subject of debate, for the present purposes, his definition in the <i>Ethics</i>will be used. He defines <i>nous</i>as that which grasps the fundamental principles of things in thought. It is the mind’s eye, which involves the intelligibility of things and is similar to the vision of the eye, which makes sight possible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Nor again are first principles the concern of wisdom, because the wise man possesses the ability to demonstrate some things. So if the state of the mind by means of which we reach the truth , and are never led into error, with regard to things, both variable and invariable are episteme, phronesis, sophia and nous: and if it cannot be any one of the three of them, namely phronesis, episteme, and sophia; what remains is that state of mind that apprehends the first principles is nous.<a href="applewebdata://7A24CD4D-8204-462A-8AEA-C164689DA8EE#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">[10]</span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Therefore, <i>nous </i>is the capacity to think like a human and the unifying principle of the mind. Finally,<i>nous </i>has also been associated (controversially) with the idea of immortality in Aristotle. <i>Nous</i>is sometimes considered the portion of a human being that survives bodily death, when based on certain interpretations of Aristotle’s <i>De Anima</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In classical Greece, the good city-state (such as Athens for a period of time) was based on the good lives of its citizens. This simply means that a state exists in order to make better lives possible for all, as an alternative to the earlier communities such as small family collectives and rural villages. (Aristotle in his wisdom, does not make the silly mistake of modern philosophers like Hobbes, who pretend there existed some 'state of nature' in which individuals popped up and existed with no built in connections prior to forming various social contracts). </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"> I argue that the good lives of the citizens in a good state are based in leisure, as they are today. Leisure is based primarily on having <i>relative</i> wealth in a community to not just prevent one from having to engage full time in labour that degrades the mind, but also in having the character that chooses correctly- that is actually virtuous. Today most people no longer labour like they did in the past but manual labour and drudging work still exist. (No sitting in a heated office with a computer is not drudging work historically- think rather, those men who do the diamond mining in Africa as an example of hard labour today.) So while an important part of Aristotle’s good state is wealth- and he even offers some ideas on how one creates it- it must be noted that the pursuit of wealth was just another means to the end of a good life and was not an end in itself. The miser was not celebrated in Aristotle. Aristotle would not agree with Trump that the good life is simply the wealthy life. There are countless examples of miserable wealthy people historically. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So when Aristotle says that εὐδαιμονία (happiness) includes many things, it must primarily contain enough wealth to gain some σχολή (leisure). This leisure time can then be used for certain activities that contribute to an excellent life. (The Greeks had the term <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a-skole </i>for having to attend to business and social obligations and this is the literal opposite of leisure.) A life without proper leisure cannot be called a happy one- but it does not negate a life dedicated to a great cause or great work in which one might work very hard. When properly educated, one knew that the best use of leisure was for friendships and the speculative life of philosophy. Aristotle writes in the Politics:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“but leisure seems in itself to contain pleasure, εὐδαιμονία and the blessed life.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4412217048881657756#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> Εὐδαιμονία (happiness or the good life) results from having the leisure to engage in certain activities deemed good. The leisure to engage in them is necessarily dependent<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>upon<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>on a good social organization, including a proper education and at least some freedom from full time labour, meaning wealth. An issue of social justice was at the time only Greek noble males were really educated in the community, but today with many advances in human rights and equality, this is no longer the case in liberal democracies. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">But hold on a minute, you might be thinking, does this mean philosophers were just a bunch of rich people? Well yes and no. Yes because historically one could not be born into poverty and expect an education. No, because wealth in itself is not a necessary or sufficient component of wisdom. Socrates was poor and wise. </span><span style="text-indent: 1cm;">In the </span><i style="text-indent: 1cm;">Phaedo</i><span style="text-indent: 1cm;">, Plato summarizes Socrates lifestyle as a poor one:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Yet, Aristotle in his discussion of every detail offers three ways to gain wealth. The first and most natural is in the attainment of natural needs such as meat through hunting and fishing, or plants through agriculture and farming. Of course, a Greek citizen would have slaves and servants to labour for him. The second and intermediate way was through bartering these things on gained in farming or another natural way. This is the idea of the market and the exchange of certain goods for other goods, such as the exchange of wheat for olives. The third “unnatural” way was in the exchange of money, as a way of bartering goods and services. This distain for the exchange of money was part of the distain for commerce in general, which like labour was below the character of the good man. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Aristotle’s main use of this type of life is as a type of contrast to better ways of life. The problem was not that one was being paid to do something, but that all of a sudden the action may become restricted by external factors. This may be the tension of having spectators, or being forced by certain outside agendas to rush and this will prevent the leisurely attitude. Certain issues like professionalism (just like classical labour) can hinder the timeless and leisurely quality of an activity. Therefore, even if leisure can include work, work may have external constraints such as time limits, which becomes an obstacle, making the work less leisurely and falling into labour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Even in the case of some of the sciences that are suitable for a free person, while it is not unfree to participate in them up to a point, to study them too assiduously or exactly is likely to result in the harm just mentioned.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4412217048881657756#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">This notion of not allowing anything to be all consuming is a common theme for Aristotle. </span><span lang="EN-US">A prime example for him was found in the early athletic competitions, which gave natural gifts such as laurel wreaths as prizes, but this devolved eventually into monetary prizes. The monetary prizes which devalued the activity from a philosophical point of view. Being paid as a motivation to compete and win was equivalent to a Sophist taking money in the name of creating a clever argument. When money gets involved, both Plato and Aristotle think that a necessary degradation will occur since the action falls back into the world of labour and necessity, the animal world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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who could be remembered for hundreds of years, or even, like Jesus, be for
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The first is the Platonic idealism with its Pythagorean foundations. </span></div>
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means there are two main metaphysics of man, which ultimately feed into the
idea of a good life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Athenian philosophers there had already been the idea of a life devoted to
contemplation, as found in the Pre-Socratic philosophers. When Aristotle writes
in the Ethics that the best life includes contemplation he is referring to such
people and their lives. These philosophical lives were rare. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>However, during the
growth of Athens in the “Golden Age” a life of the gentleman evolved, which
included a life dedicated to the polis, and to an active social life in the
community. (The Greeks had no word for ‘social’ only for ‘political’ based on
the idea of a special space, a polis) The life of the gentleman was a life of
politics, a life of leisure and included both the private life of the home and
personal affairs as well as the public life of the city-state and public
affairs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In Plato, we find a
celebration of the philosophical life over and above the political life, since
the philosopher kings would be forced into politics, which is below them.
Socrates in various passages discusses how he does not have the time for
politics in reference to the public sphere, and how he is a terrible husband,
in reference to the private sphere. The idea of the philosophical life as found
in the Pre-Socratics is held as the best. It is also the base of Epicurus’s
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Aristotle in the Ethics attempts to discuss the nature of the good life, he
says that while there are many opinions, the best life is the one dedicated to
philosophy, but for Aristotle this would necessarily include the political
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea of a contemplative life
in opposition to an active life is not in Aristotle, but was a creation of
later interpreters. The Latin concepts of vita-activa and vita-contemplativa
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The first is the opposition of a
life dedicated to philosophy with lives dedicated to indulgence in the forms of
pleasure or honour or wealth. Aristotle is distinguishing between a life
dedicated to leisure or a life still caught up in the world of labour and
necessity. That is the difference. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The second is the opposition of leisure
used for contemplation as found in the Ethics for those who have the components
and leisure for the appreciation of the arts in the Politics as the proper end
for the gentleman which he calls noble leisure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For Plato, immortality of the
soul meant that a human life of virtue and appeasing the gods meant a happy
after life. Therefore, for Plato, the philosophical life, concerned with
private affairs led to immortality. Leisure in this sense is the attitude one
takes towards the private life and the use of free time for the sake of the
soul but is not connected with the public affairs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">However, for Aristotle there was
no immortal soul. The ‘political life’ was the proper use of leisure and this
meant a life that included by necessity the private life, but also included the
public life. BECAUSE since the human was mortal, the only chance for any sense
of immortality was through great works and deeds, so that one could be
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>CONCLUSION: Leisure
is the path to immortality. In a less dramatic way, leisure is the space for
necessary components of the good life such as artistic, athletic and minor-political
honors in times of peace. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The idea of the <i>vita activa</i> [active life] is
often contrasted with the <i>vita
contemplativa</i> [contemplative life]. In classical times, the story goes that some people pursued activity like labour or business while others choose a path less taken and forgo those lifestyles in the name of thinking and learning. In modern terms, we no longer have the priest class or philosopher class or caste which was devoted to a private life of contemplation. Well we do in some ways, but not like it was in medieval times. The natural new order- a university full of various stripes of scientists (another artificial modern distinction of thinkers in classical Athens) seem to be either working forever in research that is dependent on specific university funding- or no longer researching but working away making new ED pills and stuff. In liberal democracy, perhaps only the uber wealthy 'Silicone Valley' types live like this anymore. Having lives where work is not seen as bad, but a life in which one can wonder and create and be publicly supported for doing so. This may make these people as odd as the philosophers of old, just as Thales was said to fall into a well while watching the stars. The nutty professor type who cannot drive a car but understands the innermost workings of a star. Like the character Peter Gregory on HBO's Silicone Valley show. </div>
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Apple now has a philosopher in residence (dream job, hint :) so we will see where the future of the thinking life lies. </div>
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The contemplative life, was the original life of the
philosopher. The contemplative life was said to be “devoted to inquiry into, and
contemplation of, things eternal, whose ever lasting beauty can neither be brought
about through the producing interference of man nor can be changed through his
consumption of them.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4412217048881657756#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></a>
However, this distinction is shown by Arendt to be a
historical fabrication not found in Aristotle’s theory to which it is often credited. Arendt writes, “…the
term <i>vita activa</i> is loaded and
overloaded with tradition. It is as old (but not older than) our tradition of
political thought.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4412217048881657756#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></a> This is a very important
point, since how one understands the relationship of the active and the
contemplative life will influence a theory of leisure- which is my chief philosophical concern at this time. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For Arendt the trial of Socrates was the beginning of the political
life in western culture and this ended with the philosophy of Karl Marx. She writes
that the term itself, the political life, in medieval philosophy was the
standard translation of the Aristotelian <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bios
politikos. </i>It was already in Augustine, where <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">vita negotisa</i> reflects its original meaning as a life devoted to
public political matters. Therefore, the active life was one concerned with
action, and by this, it means political and social action freely chosen over a
life of indulgence or a life of philosophy. Arendt writes:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The chief difference between the Aristotelian and the later medieval
use of the term is that the<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> bios
politikos </i>denoted explicitly only the realm of human affairs, stressing the
action, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">praxis</i> needed to establish
and sustain it. Neither labour nor work was considered to possess sufficient
dignity to constitute a bios at all, an autonomous and authentically human way
of life; since they served and produced what is necessary and useful, they
could not be free, independent of human needs and wants.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4412217048881657756#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Politics is higher than pre-political violence, and that is what Aristotle
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It is not surprising that the distinction between labor and work was
ignored in classical antiquity. The differentiation between the private
household and the public political realm, between the household inmate who was
a slave and the household head who was a citizen, between activities which
should be hidden in privacy and those which were worth being seen, heard, and
remembered, overshadowed and predetermined all other distinctions until only
one criteria is left: is the greater amount of time and effort spent in private
or public? Is the occupation motivated by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cura
private negotii</i> or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cure rei publicae</i>,
care for private or for public business?<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4412217048881657756#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For Arendt the
rise of philosophical political theory overruled the original distinction of
private and public philosophical lives. It instead focused on a tension of the
contemplative life with the active life. Furthermore, the Christian writers
solidified this artificial division of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">vita-activa</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">vita-contemplativa</i> for modernity.
Arendt writes, “Nor can we reasonably expect any help from Christian political
thought, which accepted the philosophers distinction, refined it, and religion
being for the many and philosophy only for the few, gave it a general validity,
binding for all men.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4412217048881657756#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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<span lang="EN-US">The contemplative life was the original 'good life' in Aristotle,
since it was a truly human life. The good life in modernity, if
authentically inspired by Aristotle, should balance private and public life. Aristotle considered the solitary life only
worthy for (poetically) a god or an animal and was not part of his idea of a properly human life. However Aristotle is clear that pleasure, business, politics are all good, but not the proper ends of a truly human life, since the best life has its end in wisdom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-65295371934174898082016-01-13T16:04:00.001-04:002016-01-13T16:07:47.659-04:00GUEST POST #1: MORGAN FLOYD: The power of fiction! The good, the bad and the ugly.As promised, I will start having a guest blogger once per month in 2016. In January we are keeping things in the world of literature and have a nice treat from Morgan Floyd!<br />
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There is a side of education and philosophy which just love literature. When you hear of things like Great Books programs it is generally a university curriculum based on reading the great classics of literature as the centrepiece of education. Philosophy in many ways is also the study of great books in history. But Philosopher Martha Nussbaum has argued for the benefits of reading literature, on ethical grounds. By reading fiction and about the lives of various people in various times and spaces one gets a look into the life and minds of others. In this way we can expand our subjective sense of self, and get into other peoples shoes for a period of time. For Nussbaum, she thinks that we can become more compassionate and understanding human beings through reading like this. To develop a moral imagination. In this way, the rural man from Nantucket can read about and understand somewhat how it is to be a women in Afghanistan. I have always like this approach to ethics, and to helping people grow their hearts and expand compassion beyond themselves or immediate family and friends.<br />
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However, a writer and Facebook friend named Morgan has shared some very interesting insights into this. Perhaps most interesting is the idea that fiction can teach us that some humans are not likeable and that everyone is different. <br />
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<span lang="EN-US">"Every day I keep
seeing people watching the news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Something we are told to do every day because it keeps us with current
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This thought isn’t necessarily very
bad, but so much of the news today is opinioned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It tells people what to do and how to
think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, here I sit thinking
all this news actually good for people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have to admit that the more I read literary fiction novels the less I
care about the here and now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t
stop and think about how others think.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">What I mean by
all of this is that not everyone is the same and if we read more fiction that
is literary, we would see this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, there are some people who think about death and there are others who
think about life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not saying I
promote suicide, but sometimes I can see why people kill themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We still live in a world where we are told
who to be, what to think, what to look like, and some feel like they can never
tell the world who they really are; being different, weird and maybe a little
crazy is perfectly fine.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">There are so
many books that I feel like I read were I tell people what they are about and
they just stare at me and act as if I’m speaking of a foreign language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They constantly read books that simply
entertain them or they will read non-fiction that tells them this is what
happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My two favorite authors of all
time (Virginia Woolf and Yukio Mishima) just feel like they are shoved in the
corner sometimes because people don’t want to read “different” thinkers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They want to stick with something that is
familiar to them and stay in their safe place I feel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When it comes to reading, don’t just read
your safety zone books, read books that might make you agree with the opposite
viewpoint or at least let you understand that viewpoint a little better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">What if I told
you that there are book about people were everyone is dislikeable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things happen you hate to read or don’t agree
with and you might even think the author is insane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my mind, those are the best book ever
written.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those books show to me that we are capable of
understanding the human race by realizing that no one is the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These characters aren’t just figments in your
mind, these character actually breathe and have souls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors have been writing these books for
ages too, so we need to start realizing that one thing that makes us “human” is
the fact that our minds are different form one another.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I feel like
people who spend their lives reading just non-fiction and the reading the news
don’t see that world as I do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which
oddly I think is perfectly fine, I just feel sad for them in a way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They never know that people like me
exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m someone who has sexual feels
to both sexes, someone who isn’t part of a political party, and someone who was
baptized Protestant, but believes that all religious are true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those who just read non-fiction and the
watch the news, I urge you to try for a week not looking at the news and read a
book that digs into the mind of a character rather than an event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Challenge yourself and don’t assume everyone
thinks the same way you do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This should
be obvious, but looking at last year it feels like people want me to be yin or
yang, when I rather be yin and yang.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I realize my way
of thinking doesn’t imply to everyone and I know some people might not like my
way of thinking, but that is fine with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I don’t want everyone to agree with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do like thinkers and people who can make a joke with just about
anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think some people take me as
this serious depressing person because I never talk, but I’m open in worlds,
but if you really know me, I like making jokes or getting people to think about
things in a different light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">"Time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time is what matters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As time goes by, you and I will be carried
inexorably into the mainstream of our period, even though we're unaware of what
it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And later, when they say that
young men in the early Taisho era thought, dressed, talked, in such and such a
way, they'll be talking about you and me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-61856587893391737582015-12-15T12:18:00.003-04:002015-12-15T12:18:57.992-04:00HEGEL on bodybuilding: Die Wissenschaft der Logik (of weightlifting) <div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">This week, The Fitness Philosopher
interviews Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) on what philosophy can do
for fitness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: Thank you Hegel for taking the time to
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<span lang="EN-US">HEGEL: Call me George. I thank you for the
invitation to come and speculate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: What can philosophy do for fitness?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">HEGEL: While I have something to say
philosophically about every little detail involved with the idea of fitness, but
I propose I discuss only weightlifting and its relation to the Absolute. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">HEGEL: Think of oneself as a thesis or a
moment. Think of a heavy barbell as your anti-thesis or dialectic. Normally
your body is free to move forward through time and space. However, when you put
a heavy barbell on your shoulders, your freedom is taken away. Yet the
possibility of resistance is there, and so you resist the weight and squat, but
you squat until you drop. Now dropping, something happens, the thesis is
transformed by the antithesis. A new you, a new synthesis of the old you has
been transformed by the squats. In the coming days, with proper food and rest,
a new body is born. This can be repeated over and over in the name of
perfection, just as the spirit transforms through history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: Ok, that was pretty heavy, thanks. So
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<span lang="EN-US">HEGEL: Heavy, ok try a lift this one. As I
once wrote in a letter. “I adhere to the view that the world spirit has given
the age marching orders. These orders are being obeyed. The world spirit, this
essential, proceeds irresistibly like a closely drawn armored phalanx advancing
with imperceptible movement, much as the sun through thick and thin.
Innumerable light troops flank it on all sides, throwing themselves into the balance
for or against its progress, though most of them are entirely ignorant of what
is at stake and merely take head blows as from an invisible hand.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: Hmm, let me think about that for a
couple months. And training?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only a part of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Advanced Volume Workout-MWF</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">HEGEL: Volume, volume, volume. So that
means of course being very aware of the relationship of quantity and quality.
The exercises themselves, when executed correctly, matter less than the overall
lifestyle one surrounds that particular piece of time and space with. Meaning,
use basic bodybuilding exercises, medium weight, with good form for plenty of
reps and sets. Hit all the body parts equally, but aim for the long run, as in
do not overdo the training. Nevertheless, do not skip cardio. Follow with
sufficient rest and adequate nutrition. However, one must do, it is more than
just the thought process. As I wrote in the Science of Logic, “…as if one could
learn how to digest and move about by studying anatomy and physiology.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is (may be?) the first in a series of
“interviews” I want to do with dead philosophers on the topic of fitness. This
week we begin with the ever-lovable pragmatist curmudgeon Dr. Richard Rorty. Neo-pragmatism
for me refers to the work mainly of the American philosopher Richard Rorty, who
combines classical pragmatism (Pierce, Dewey, James, etc.) and certain ‘post
modern’ continental thinking (Derrida) as influence. So now I want ask how Richard
Rorty may respond to the question- how can philosophy help a theory of fitness?
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: Thank you Dr. Rorty for taking the time
to discuss a topic that you seem to have much intellectual indigestion around,
philosophy, and a topic many may be surprised to hear you discuss, fitness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">RR: Call me Richard. And while I may appear
bored and tired with this thing we call philosophy, they still pay me the big
bucks to teach it to kids- so shoot with the questions.</span></div>
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can philosophy do for fitness?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">RR: Not much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: Okay thanks, but would you be so kind
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<span lang="EN-US">RR: Sure. Well I guess, although philosophy only has a minor effect on general life, politics,
ethics, fitness, etc, it seems that there may be some trickle downs that may be helpful. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: ok thanks, can you expand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">RR: Well, you know, the idea that
consequences need to be considered is pretty much the only thing the general
public needs to know about ethics, or does know about it. In regards to fitness, I mean you need to ask yourself- is this working for me? What are the actual consequences of this particular exercise or food, something like that I suppose. Need not be complicated, but may take time. Maybe the idea that one needs balance in life in
order to be happy is a good start. I don’t know, since that is pretty much just
common sense these days. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: Does Richard even lift?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">RR: Well yes of course. Well I did. In the
early 70’s I spent a period training at Vince’s gym, time at Gold Gym Venice
and for a while at an outdoor gym in the Redwoods. It was a wonderful period of
time and was the inspiration for my book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Philosophy
and the Mirror of Nature</i>. But anyway, since then I gave up on the idea that
‘lats’ corresponded to those particular back muscles or any muscle for that
matter. Sure I could bust a good ‘lat spread’ any day back then, but why did we
think that we had any certainty that it corresponded to some sort of ideal form
of ‘lats’. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: Did you ever consider competing? </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">RR: No. I mean at that point I knew Weider and the boys were taking over Mount Olympus,
and that the ideal form of bodybuilding ended up having a German accent. Which
of course I did appreciate, since it reminded me of Heidegger. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: ok I am loving this story, like never
heard it before, but we may be a little off track.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">RR: There is no track.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: ok right, but I guess what I meant was,
can you say just a little more about the relation of philosophy to fitness? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">RR: OK, I guess if I was forced to make
some sort of ‘analysis’ lol I would say that philosophy, in the form of
pragmatism can help us think about the meta-fitness ideas if you will. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">RR: well philosophy/pragmatism can help one
realize that there is no one best way to workout. That there is no one best
diet, besides that one you can actually do and live out and see results from.
If that means a pretty easy diet and relatively minor workout regimen done
consistently over time to see gainz, well that is what is fine-pragmatically
speaking. It sure beats spending all day and life trying to come up with the
perfect theory, or fitness theory of everything, while not actually getting
more swole or cut. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">ME: Thank you. That was very neo-pragmatic
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<span lang="EN-US">Tune in next week for a discussion with
Hegel – who will give us his threefold theory of fitness breakdown. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-84345203805934864832015-10-01T10:27:00.001-03:002015-10-01T10:50:30.645-03:00Fall fitness tipsThe ancient Greeks saw time as a circle, like how we see the year, as a rotation. In Canada we get some serious seasonal changes. In my neck of the woods the summer can get up to 40C and in winter we can have 10 feet of snow. That means we need different wardrobes even to deal with the changes. Many people I know like Fall the best, since it is full of life but also cool and breezy. I have written previously about a Spring training, and how Frank Zane thought one should train with the seasons. On that not I offer 10 tips for designing a fall fitness routine.<br>
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1. Get outside and move. The weather is perfect for outdoor fitness, not too hot or cold. Perfect time for walks in the parks or along the water or anywhere. Aristotle always walked when he taught. Do it before ice covers all!<br>
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3. Easy on the candy. With Halloween In the fall, there will be plenty of individual ( read environmentally horrendous) packed candy laying around. Get a loved one to hide it for you,don't rely on crappy human will power.<br>
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5. Start thinking of BIG. This is the time of year,post summer, most people can work on building some new muscle while adding a little fat (you have too somewhat to grow really) but remember to not use this as an excuse to gain like 50lbs that will be difficult to remove in the spring.<div><br>
6. Focus on more sleep. Now it is getting darker and colder, hitting the hay early is much easier then when it is still light at 10 pm.<br>
7. Remember that winter is coming! And that it will be much harder to get outside and walk and stuff and so really make an effort to get out today and for as long as you can.<br>
8. Try a new routine. If you have been following a program or style for a while, switch it up.Maybe try some hot yoga or a new gym or get coach to make u a new routine.<br>
9. Try fasting. With cold weather comes an increase in calories and maybe beer lol, so this is a good time to play with fasts, like half day or full day fasts.<br>
10. Make sure you get plenty of light now that it is getting darker. That can be artifical light, getting up for the sunrise or even visiting garden nurseries for their bright indoor lights!<br>
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</div>Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-70398925833508185692015-04-29T09:16:00.002-03:002015-04-29T09:16:47.985-03:00"This is SPARTAN RACE!" GIVEAWAY<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Well you are lucky because the Spartan Race is now back in Canada for 2015 on both the East and West Coast! </div>
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So the obstacle course challenge is a great way to test your fitness and your mind! I can really get behind people training for this type of thing since it is outside and intense! My type of training! </div>
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Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-34439903345948314802015-03-23T13:46:00.003-03:002015-03-23T13:46:34.282-03:00Philosophy of Sport/Ethics/Pharmacology/Women<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So I thought I would do an article that had something to do with both fitness and philosophy again, and in the area of ethics no less. :) Well kinda, I don't really think 'drugs and sports' is a very philosophical area. Really it is about personal choice and the laws and rules in a given context. No deontology or utilitarianism necessary.<br />
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My argument is this: there are lots of women using steroids today in sports, bodybuilding shows (well duh) but also in physique shows and fitness modelling. In fact it is much easier for women to use steroids then for men, even if the side are way worse in women I would say.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>What can philosophy do?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">For Plato philosophy could help one
eliminate tensions in the mind resulting in an inner harmony. Socrates’ life of
challenging the experts and their definitions of ideals was related to this.
Therefore, a long history of philosophy was looking at ideas and checking if
they ‘corresponded’ to reality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Kant came along and drew an imaginary line
in the sand, because that is something philosophers definitely do, draw lines
and draw distinctions. This results from the philosopher having to start on
some type of solid ground. I mean the ‘solidity’ of the ground can be
questioned but there ahs to be some foundation-even if that foundation is utter
cynical skepticism about knowing anything. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">However, in the 20<sup>th</sup> century
philosophy started out with what I call a return to “elementary school”
philosophy and this was namely the attempt to make a philosophy founded upon a
Math or an English class. On one side were the logical positivists and those
who wanted to have a solid logically based philosophy and so the logical and
mathematical foundations became key. It is not surprise that many of these
‘philosophers’ were trained mathematicians, logicians, engineers, etc. and so
the philosophy had a certain tone. On the other side were the ‘common language’
philosophers who cared much more about the grammar and the semantics and
language being used to describe the world and philosophy was more about ‘how
humans talk and write’. This is a gross oversimplification but more or less
true. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This leads to my question: what can
philosophy do? I will offer some multiple choices possible answers:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Philosophy can ‘judge’ science, religion and other phenomena</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> with an objective view that is corrective. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ex.1 When Peter Hacker
says the neuro science is misguided because it has shaky theoretical
foundations; he is saying that the philosopher ‘understands’ the overall system
better then the neuroscientist. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ex. 2 When Jerry Fodor
says that the theory of natural selection is misguided because it has shaky
foundations he is saying that the philosopher<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>takes MORE TIME to think over the various theories that fit together to
form the theory of natural selections AND might be able to pick out errors or
false statements. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The objection to this in Quine
is: let the scientists criticize themselves since a philosopher does not have
the same training or knowledge about the topic at hand generally. I tend to
agree with this. But I think there is philosophical merit in analyzing the
logic of various arguments and theories, especially if there is reason to
believe things are being taken for granted or based on questionable
conclusions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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broadly speaking of science, including history) and is helpful by connecting
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<span lang="EN-US">Ex. When Daniel Dennett
looks at evolutionary theory (Darwin’s dangerously simple idea/like a universal
acid) and praises it, he tries to write a book making some of the ideas
sensible and connected to a new “naturalist” understanding of the world, and
this is philosophy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The is part of the
mid-twentieth century ‘naturalization’ of philosophy via Quine (who had been a
teacher of Dennett at Harvard) and perhaps the limits of it are the dependent
on the ability of the philosopher to understand the actual science being
discussed. The issue for me (that was not an issue for Quine) is that while one
is very skeptical about truth in any correspondence sense, the skepticism
towards the science itself is overly charitable. By that I mean that Quine took
behavioral psychology at face value, in the same way that Dennett takes the
theory of natural selection at face value. To say that we need science to fix
science seems to me to be a very long and boring road to drive, since science
is linked to political and capital interests. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Philosophy is the social “horse fly”. </span></b><span lang="EN-US">This
means that philosophy does not claim to have the answers, but claims to be “somewhat
corrective”, in a contextual sense. Like a buzzing gadfly it circles an issue
relentlessly and occasionally comes in for a bite. It irritates and suggests change
rather then forces change, like how materialism vs. paternalism works in
political discourse. Philosophy is more maternal. For example, the difference
between MADD (Mothers against drunk driving) and the actual drunk driving laws.
One is a social voice asking use to think publically about a topic. The other
is the strong arm of the law –punishing use for our mistakes with violence and
locks and guards. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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philosopher must be rather public (not necessarily associated with a particular
cause) but attempts to clarify ‘a truth’ that will be helpful to some problems
or shortcomings. It seems to me that this is the role of the philosopher today.
In issues of religion, justice, science, history or whatever, philosophy is
really the calm civilized voice that tries to clarify a topic without a further
agenda, paying particular attention to subtle intersections of ideas and facts,
without trying to tell that particular phenomena how to think or why they are
by necessity wrong. The ‘bite’ of the horsefly is the article, or argument or particular
challenge to a particular idea which acts like a sting to the common consensus
and like the sting of a bee, can often have therapeutic results. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-45316316137379079012015-01-24T10:54:00.003-04:002015-01-24T10:54:52.863-04:00Dialogue 1: <b><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:0" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"> </span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">ok I will reveal the truth for everyone. </span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hmmm Vel X sounds promising-hope it comes back soon :)<br /></td></tr>
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<b><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0"><br /></span></span></span></span></b>
<b><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0"><br /></span></span></span></span></b>
<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span>
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0"><b>This is how supplement industry works in the form of a dialogue: </b></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0"><b> TOM: 'hey jim, how the family? you still got all the supplement bulks?" </b></span></span><br />
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<b><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">JIM: 'hey tom -yes of course all the same as grandpa had, whaddya need? whey, soy, mct, arginine, fish oil, or is it some other waste produ</span></span><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0">ct from the manufacturing industry like old hair or feather (we use those for amines now)</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0"><b><br /></b></span></span></span>
<span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0"><b> TOM: "i just need some mct jim' </b></span></span></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0"><b><br /></b></span></span></span>
<span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0"><b>JIM: "what for tom-been at least a decade since anyone bought any'</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0"><b> TOM: "cause I have a new SCAM called bullet-proof stuff here u put MCT's on and in all your food"</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".v2.1:3:1:$comment10152555767400976_10152555804150976:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0"><b> JIM: "ok awesome-how many tons u need today"?</b></span></span></span>Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-55836314269180240602015-01-19T10:17:00.001-04:002015-01-19T10:18:53.292-04:00The philosophy of aesthetics : Rococo and revolution <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French 18th century Rococo is rather cartoonish in nature and a preclude for much of the Disney style<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">In the 18<sup>th</sup> century Rococo painting was meant to
provide a return in art to a lighthearted, pure visual pleasure. It was also a symbol of meta-cultural decline. Often depicting the wealthy French upper class flirting and spending
leisure in a classical high art way. This was the pre-revolutionary 'luxury' that was a sure sign of the ensuing collapse of the traditional society. The abuse of the poor by the rich for the
sake of luxury summarized by that teen queen. The combination of a world of teenagers who can live luxuriously while being so naive of the suffering of others is rampant today. “Let them eat cake” is the words
of someone confusing pleasure with survival and was someone who was right for overthrow and
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<span lang="EN-US">It has been only about 15 years since I
fell into philosophy. I am a late starter compared to many, like those who
attended Catholic schools as children or who were lucky enough to have
philosophy in their public education. I had neither; instead, I had the
straight forward anglo (both in Canada and the UK) science based education,
with the closest things to philosophy being found in maybe theatre arts,
physics, or media studies. I say I fell into it because I had no previous
intention to study it, beyond my natural childhood tendency to argue at the
dinner table, my boredom with the monologue and disjointed nature of public
school, or my childhood tendency to try and find the limits of my own mind.
(Like many children at bedtime I would stare at the solar system cut-outs on my
wall and go from the Sun to Pluto (no longer a planet LOL) and then “go beyond”
and it was a strange exercise to say the least-things went BLACK but “I” was
still there watching somehow. These were intuitive Cartesian exercises really,
speaking to the power of the human imagination to want to explore and
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<span lang="EN-US">After being a young businessman in a health
food retail partnership (with a friend and his father) and spending my leisure
and income as a “professional party-er” I had returned to university after a
brief trip to Europe with my brother. During the trip we visited the island of
Crete in Greece, swam in the Mediterranean Sea at night, visited the cave where
Zeus was born and had explored the Labyrinth of Knossos. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Never imagining that
within a year I would have returned to university and dropped a first year
economics course and filled the spot with a credit in ‘philosophy’. I can still
clearly remember the dull sense of boredom the economics course had filled me
with, and all the talk of ‘guns and butter’ – and the subsequent sense of
wonder and full power curiosity the first class of philosophy filled me with.
Now I was very lucky to have been in a first year course which was based in the
history of philosophy. The professor was a young Iranian man, with an undergrad in
engineering and was able to discuss these ideas clearly. That was the first
course and the beginning of philosophy for me. Now after about 15 years of
studying philosophy I would attempt to define it as the following. Philosophy
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<span lang="EN-US">“A clear blue sky.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">What the heck is that supposed to mean
Andrew?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">Philosophy may be
technically the pursuit of wonder, love of wonder or love of wisdom (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">philo</i>=love-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sophia</i>=wisdom) but in practice it is that cool breeze which tempers
a hot day. It is the indifferent (dare I use the term cool- like Fonzy)
approach to human discussion, one which carefully and calmly tries to clarify any idea- how an idea
approaches reality and the political consequences of such a idea. At its heart, philosophy is skeptical of easy answers, and
skeptical about common sense, while also being skeptical of going to far with
ideas that cannot be grounded in common sense. Communication is true and good when it is successful. Philosophy is the groundwork for successful communication and successful communication is essential for civil human life and development. As Shaw once wrote, 'The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To communicate well, in a mood of what I call "challenging
compassion for the other", is the heart of true philosophy and philosophical
discourse. Certainly it is not the reinforcement of "group think" based on some popular authority-although that happens with us human "pack animals" too much as well. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">SO, philosophy is not so much about offering “the
answers” but
rather a disposition-way of being in the world -that promotes honest and
polite communication for the sake of improving the worst parts of the life on
earth and maybe one day, beyond. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">In this sense, it is like a clear blue sky;
that replaces a storm cloud of primitive human violence, of myth and religion;
replaces the tranquilizing snow of indifference and ignorance but also provides
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is it a coincidence that Raphael only painted the clear blue sky over the heads of Plato and Aristotle alone? Cave analogy anyone? :) </td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">I propose three idealisms,
which summarize all other idealisms generally. By this I mean there may be some minor differences but as a whole most "idealisms" will fit into one of these. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US"><b>Theory S for Schopenhauer. </b>This
theory begins with Kantian epistemology but moves into a pre-Kantian ‘eastern’
namely Buddhist atheistic approach. In this theory, the noumenal world is
singular and the phenomenal world all connected in this way, giving rise to sensations
and compassion. This noumenal world is outside of time and space and is
therefore complete and actual. There is meaninglessness but also peace at the
heart of the cosmos, and humans can find solace through a life of compassion
and indifference. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Berkeley</b>. This theory was pre-Kantian and theistic approach. In a very similar
way the noumenal world is one, but is encompassed by the Christian God. In this
sense, humans are inside of God which also include time and space and is
therefore actual and complete. There is both meaning and peace at the heart of
the cosmos, and humans can find solace in a life devoted to imitating Christ’s
humanity which is based on both compassion and understanding. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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transcendental unity to find solace or truth in. The chaos of the noumenal is
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<b>True Detective</b> was/is/will still be a great HBO crime drama- in line with many other great HBO crime drama's like THE WIRE or THE SOPRANOS. HBO has done well with the genre and continues with it. </div>
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However unlike the humanist, secular and often post modern worlds many of the modern televisions series live in, the life-world of True Detective is as traditional as any 60's sitcom or 80's cop show. The line between black and white is clear. There are police and satanists (which have been out of fashion since the satanic panic of the 80's) preachers, teachers, and everything else as American as apple pie.</div>
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However where it departs is in its philosophy which to me at first seemed somewhat out of place and strange. Since it was a mix of Christianity, nihilism, and anti-natalism with a coating of an eliminative materialist sense of human nature. My suspicions were confirmed when it turned out the writer of the show was shown to have plagiarized some of the philosophical speeches and that is why he did not understand the inconstancies of the show. </div>
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IF there had been none of Rust's "speeches" the shows narrative of good and bad cops fighting rich guys who are publicly "good" but privately "bad" is as old as the hills. </div>
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BUT because we know that sections were kind of cut and pasted in- we have to take the ENTIRE narrative now with a grain of salt. If the author had actually written the whole thing then it would make sense to 'dig deep' and try and find some easter egg type philosophical gems but alas that would be a waste of time one could spend writing a blog article or something. </div>
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BUT because we know the writer is a lying idiot and many of the fans are only picking up on what they want to see/hear/attempt to understand then I offer 2 very different takes on the show. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpaXYrVQGpOZCxExs2ZSSEa0KqH4m9Ia9miMvJwe5W_P-iqeM_GsPeCb6MFSJK2w10_2ZFjCCp9L3-lEYz5m0xYQRSBIr6yJVrsiXbjT7YPZX0xk9K-Ww_ZbmfT_x5tZaaoyaMaRjGEU/s1600/30219-true-detective-true-detective.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpaXYrVQGpOZCxExs2ZSSEa0KqH4m9Ia9miMvJwe5W_P-iqeM_GsPeCb6MFSJK2w10_2ZFjCCp9L3-lEYz5m0xYQRSBIr6yJVrsiXbjT7YPZX0xk9K-Ww_ZbmfT_x5tZaaoyaMaRjGEU/s1600/30219-true-detective-true-detective.jpg" height="360" width="640" /></a></div>
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The first is RUST as typical American hard working cop, an atheist and deep thinker who wants nothing but to get to the bottom of a case using his unique observation and deductive skills. Like Colombo or that Murder She Wrote lady. For RUST #1 Christianity is presented as the typical dumb sheep religion full of the unfortunate parts of society without any sense of truth, with only a practical function and a place for "con-men" to make money. This is epitomized in the opening credits montage and the handicapped man is shown in religious ecstasy, and in his comments at the Church Tent. I got a copy of the script and got the exact lines which tweaked my interest and in which I first had an intuition that something was wrong/inconsistent with the writing that was being praised as "philosophy." </div>
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But Rust has some "issues", some psychological ones, as part of his shell of a self he created to cope with both the death of his caught and his years of undercover narc work. </div>
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The story tells us his daughter was killed at a young age- (and personally, as a new father to a little girl) I can only imagine the depressing tail spin an event like that could cause a person. This is text book existentialism in the discussions of death, life, care and love. </div>
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He is also a police office who worked in 'drug undercover" which makes him a "Informant" or "rat" and therefore must be full of self loathing or at least anxiety for one thing along side the drug fuelled flashbacks he experiences from years of "under cover" buzzes. You cannot live for years as a fake person like undercover police do and be expected to be psychological stable at the end of it -especially throwing a bunch of drugs new to you into the mix-since it is a type of forced multiple personality disorder- probably not worth the pay check. </div>
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He drinks beer and smokes cigarettes to manage the pain of existence, preaching the philosophy of Schopenhauer via David Benetar. I quote Rust:</div>
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<span style="color: #333435; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I think human consciousness, is a tragic misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware, nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself, we are creatures that should not exist by natural law. We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self; an accretion of sensory, experience and feeling, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody is nobody. Maybe the honorable thing for our species to do is deny our programming, stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction, one last midnight - brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal." RUST</span></span></h3>
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RUST 1: Cigarettes, Beer, and Cynicism: MOST existentialists take this route, especially in Europe it seems. :) You know the whole black turtle neck, chain smoking "character" of a existentialist sitting in a coffee shop debating suicide. </div>
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RUST 2: Contemplative Mystic: contemplating the Garden, transcending the easy dichotomies of good and bad, even carrying a Buddhist mirror for meditation. I quote RUST 2:</div>
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<b>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">I contemplate the moment in the garden, the idea of allowing your own crucifixion."- RUST (this is a specific mystic practice-Christian even) </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #333435; font-family: ars-maquette-web, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><b>"F***, I don't want to know anything anymore. This is a world where nothing is solved. Someone once told me, 'Time is a flat circle.' Everything we've ever done or will do, we're gonna do over and over and over again. And that little boy and that little girl, they're gonna be in that room again and again and again forever." -RUST (not exactly the linear ontology of time so popular today and much more in like with classical Greek thinking, oriental mystic and even quantum physics) </b></span></span><br />
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The second RUST is not as typical. Instead this Rust is a deeply spiritual man. A man moved by death. And in this RUST we find a man who practices Christian mysticism, is open to the mystery of the cosmos, and who gets more confessions out of people then any other person in their police department due to his ability to talk about their inner life and motivations and reflect on the bigger picture, not unlike Socrates or a good priest. Even carrying a meditation mirror and having visions, which of course are written off as 'drug induced' hallucinogens in the style of what William James called "medical materialism" which is a new religion today, with doctors as the high priests. Rust is even critical of traditional religion (as typical mystics can often be) he even brings in some anthropology when he says:</div>
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Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-5788638104518510832014-09-24T18:33:00.003-03:002014-09-24T18:33:49.263-03:00FLOW<span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Hungarian Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi coined the
metaphor “flow”. “Flow theory” states a phenomenological structure of seven dimensions and describes the experience for individuals across occupations, demographic
groups, and cultures. Csikszentmihalyi lists them as follows.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4412217048881657756#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Phenomenological
dimensions of Flow:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Balance of skill and demand<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Action and awareness merged<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Concentration on task<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sense of potential control<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Loss of self‑consciousness<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Altered sense of time<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Autotelic (self‑rewarding) experience<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The
metaphor of flowing or “flow” is used by Csikszentmihalyi to designate the
moods of life that are the basis of optimal experiences. He as describes these
moments as:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">These exceptional moments are what I have called flow
experiences. The metaphor of flow is one that many people have used to describe
the sense of effortless action they feel in moments that stand out as the best
in their lives. Athletes refer to it as "being in the zone",
religious mystics as being in ecstasy, and artists and musicians as aesthetic
rapture. Athletes, mystics, and artists do very different things when they
reach flow, yet their descriptions of the experience are remarkably similar.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4412217048881657756#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><sup><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><sup><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></sup></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></sup></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In modern sports psychology, athletes and coaches
have referred to this flowing mood as “being in the zone”. “Being in the zone”
is a calm yet energized, challenged yet confident, focused yet instinctive
mood. A mood characterized by confidence and only slight resistance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">In regards to religion, Csikszentmihalyi
thinks that the “flow” phenomenon equivalent to ecstasy. I disagree and would
not equate religious ecstasy always with “flow”. Ecstasy is itself an elated
mood but different then flow. Therefore to maintain the religious connections,
“flow” may be closer to the Zen Buddhist phenomena of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">muga </i>or “no-mind.” The state of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">muga</i>,
occurs when the split between the acting self and the self-observing self
disappears, and the act becomes effortless, automatic, and entranced. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In the arts, this “flow” phenomenon is frequently
called aesthetic rapture. It was this phenomenon of aesthetic rapture that was
the basis for the interest and the development of the metaphor of “flow” by
Csikszentmihalyi. This is because Csikszentmihalyi doctoral thesis focused on
how visual artists create art. To do this, he studied photos taken every three
minutes as artists created a painting. After looking at many of the photos he
writes:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Struck by how deeply they were involved in work, forgetting
everything else. That state seemed so intriguing that I started also looking
for it in chess players, in rock climbers, in dancers and in musicians. I
expected to<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>find substantial
differences in all their activities, but people reported very<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>similar accounts of how they felt.
Then, I started looking at professions like surgery and found the same elements
there in a challenge which provides clear, high goals and immediate feedback...
They forget themselves, the time, and their problems.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4412217048881657756#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As
it is shown, flowing involves a special experience of the self, reality, time
and is filled with emotions of satisfaction and great enjoyment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Andrew J Cutler Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635544488661710663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412217048881657756.post-71067055772929348882014-08-19T10:55:00.003-03:002014-08-19T10:56:11.663-03:00Ninja Turtles, Censorship and Nunchaku <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So the latest version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja/Hero Turtles is now in box offices and they have a new CG gritty look (Warning: I have not seen the new film, nor plan on going to the theatre, and this in not a review) and like all new superhero/comic movie adaptations there are tons of grey landscapes done on blue screens. Anyway I am no movie production critic (maybe a movie narrative critic) and so my main concern today is to discuss a matter related to these dudes-censorship. We need to back up a bit though-like to Plato's Republic.<br />
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The Republic is the 'ideal city' in the philosophy of Plato and perhaps his most well know work and contains the famous 'cave analogy' among others. Part of the perfect city involves a (some would argue) totalitarian regime and deliberate censorship of certain arts. The most famous was the banning of flutes, and Aristotle in his work of Politics notes a sign of cultural decline when 'legislators' allowed the flute back into the public education. Flutes caused people to get excited and so better ban them! :) Flutes were only good for war and the Olympics!</div>
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Fast forward to the 1980's in the North America and the UK where the is a new conservative political stranglehold over the arts again. BUT this time it effected me. You see when I was very young I was into superheros and ninja's. The 'ninja film' (well the US incarnation of ninja films) was in full effect. There had already been ninja art "booms" in Japan in the 1930, and 50's and was a major source of children's books and entertainment- and spread to North American originally through James Bond novels and the film You Only Live Twice) . </div>
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(side note: The documentary from 2006 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493459/">THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED</a> covers lots in interesting ideas around how and why films get certain rating and how any explicit lesbians love scenes would be considered x-rated while some PG-13 movies had murders and violence in spades, but that is a separate article. BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE CULTURAL ENGINEERING PUZZLE. Anyway back to ninja movies.)</div>
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In 1988 my family moved from Canada to the UK where my "mum" was from. The original Laird and whatever his name was "teenage mutant ninja turtles" were at the time still part of 'geek comic culture' and had not yet been completely pillaged and were pretty gritty and a very cool idea at the time. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this original sketch sold at auction for like a bunch of money recently </td></tr>
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This was lightyears before MARVEL sold off all the right to its world and Mutants were all over the box office and Prof X became a household name.</div>
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The original 'medium' for the Turtles was graphic novels and they were awesome to say the least.</div>
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Anywack lets get back to "me" ;) and the point of my story. While Nancy Reagan was teaching everyone that all drugs were equal and they were all hand made by the devil- the UK took the craziness a step further and decided that in order to make England safe (in a land where you can easily get crushed and killed at a 'football' match and where the food needs to be burned to carcinogenic levels to be considered cooked) they decided to ban a word- guess what word "NINJA". not kidding and I wish I was because I had to live in this crazy irrational culture for a few years. The ban was part of the "video nasty's" campaign that decided to ban movies like the EXORCIST as 'too bad for society'. So not only did they already have all guns banned in the UK, all martial arts weapons needed to be banned as well and then one person really earning their censorship pay check decided "you know what lets extend the ban into the fantasy world- that should really teach those pesky kids NOT to imagine anything and follow the rules blindly right". SO here are some of the things that came out of that brilliant idea.<br />
1. TEENAGE MUTANT HERO TURTLES; yes they actually changed the name from ninja to hero (not synonyms for the record). and here is proof from a video game cover from Konami as released in the UK.<br />
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2. It gets better now, because the Japanese <b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: start;">Nunchaku</b> or "NUM-CHUKS" as they are normally called are so difficult to make just like this video demonstrates, like a kid could not just make them in 5 minutes (holy shit is my sarcasm dripping out of the screen yet)</div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFO3crWCfB4">HOW TO MAKE "NUMCHUKS"</a> they decided that it would be best to 'remove' them from reality completely!!!!! Well at least as far as they could not even be featured in a fantasy movie, like they were more dangerous then a time machine or ray gun. So the 'num-chuks' were removed and Michelangelo was given a grapple hook???? This scene "proves" he used numchuks in the original :) </div>
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Anyway it gets even better because in TMNT 2 the secret of the Ooze a scene was deleted when Mike is swinging pepperoni in a 'numchucky way' -I know people were getting paid to make these decisions and probably even patted themselves on the back for 'improving society" FFS!<br />
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Do you know why nunchaku became so popular??? One name: BRUCE LEE!</div>
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hey reader read this: I am not a medical doctor so don;t pay attention to anything I say about this stuff, go and ask your doctor if you have real health concerns, this is just for fun :) </div>
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"got any fat friends?" was the question a "gym guy" once asked me years ago as he produced a bottle of these out of a gym bag. He was asking because he was looking to sell some "thyroid" pills - since it could supposedly help drop weight fast. At the time all I "knew" was that if you ever took Thyroid, it may get you shredded but you would be hooked on it for life (not true but that was the thinking at the time). This was back in the day when most underground physique drugs were either domestic or international "real" pharmaceuticals unlike the majority of drugs today which come from China in powders and any fraternity can buy a capsule making machine or mix some vegetable oil with it or alcohol and set up an 'underground lab' and sell stuff on the internet with a home label making machine. Safe sounding isn't it? </div>
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So now when you buy internet T3 or T4 it comes in a dropper bottle, made who knows where by who knows who, and says "not for human consumption." </div>
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I mean unless you have a prescription for it but even if you did here in Canada the best that you will get is <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T4 (thyroxine<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">)</span></span></span> the boring stuff, since the HOT T3 stuff (triiodothyronine) is not actually even available in Canada by prescription?? Does that make ANY sense???? The US has tons of it for everyone though :) </div>
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But the internet changed all kinds of stuff, including how people buy and sell drugs. :) Silk Road anyone? :) </div>
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BUT I DIGRESS: back to how thyroid relates to fitness.</div>
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For the average person, they have heard that Billy is overweight because of a "gland problem" and that gland they mean is the thyroid gland my friends. </div>
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For the average gym rat, thyroid is something not considered that much, and people still like to do cardio for fat loss and weights for muscles. The one thing they know is that thyroid is linked to that magical thing 'the metabolism' which is given to each person by a Greek god before birth to determine how happy they will be with their waistline. So that is why Sally is always so skinny- she was born with a "good" metabolism. </div>
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In competitive bodybuilding thyroid (mainly T3) is used for fat loss during contest prep but it is very possible for it to work too well and eat away a bunch of muscle and LBM at the same time and so many guys only stack it will other drugs. However some forums will say that all ones needs is T3 to get shredded. </div>
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But it is used because one thing bodybuilders know/knew a long time before the mainstream public was that our body runs on a few powerful hormones and by increasing and decreasing them with pills, injections and creams, one can radically alter body composition. Think testosterone, think insulin, think IGF1, and thyroid falls right in line here. </div>
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The Thyroid gland (some people call it the throat chakra which relates to personal expression from Hinda philosophy ) is a "butterfly" shaped gland in the throat. Some of the disorders people have are hyper (too fast) and hypo(too slow) thyroid. When a thyroid is slow, the metabolism is slow and weight loss is much harder and gain much easier due to a slowing of caloric metabolism. </div>
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So when people want to speed up the metabolism, some turn to thyroid supplements and drugs. Many OTC supplements in fact contain real thyroid, like many supplements contain pharmaceuticals off label (one famous pre workout drink had prescription blood thinners in it according to a Health Canada report) but some people simply get a thyroid test and get a script. </div>
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Anyway IF thyroid health can have positive effects on body composition for people who struggle to stay lean- what can one do to keep it healthy? </div>
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Well my new favourite 'food dude' is Ray Peat since he is cynical and smart enough to make me think about stuff again! </div>
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my new favourite 'food dude'-like to meet him someday RAY PEAT! </div>
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He is big on promoting thyroid health and I have even read people criticize him because he recommends T3 ALOT. But I am keeping an open mind to his brilliant ideas. </div>
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And so without just repeating everything he said I am linking a great article for other people looking to learn more. </div>
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ps: Peat diet spoiler: lots of OJ and Homo Milk, raw carrot, lamb or beef once a day, some cheese, salt and vitamin E + some T3 for good measure! :) oh yeah and relax and buy a red light bulb! </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century;">"Live like a wrestler, what did Andrew just say?? I thought he advocated a health based lifestyle maximizing both the body and the mind??? So now he wants me to live hard and die young like the Ultimate Warrior??? Has Andrew finally lost it like Nietzsche?</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Century;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">On a serious note, being able to define "govern-mentality" is what divides the real Fitness Philosopher from all the copy cats! Seriously I went to school for an extra 15 years to know this stuff! </span></b></td></tr>
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personal development psychologies and movements. My father was an educational psychologist and so I grew up with all these psychology books.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Cocaine fuelled my books! Good luck matching my writing with coffee, suckers!" -Freud (total ectomorph) </span></b><br />
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1970’s at Berkeley, Michel Foucault gave a series of lectures focused on the
modern ‘culture of the self’. The ‘care of the self’ idea is one of actualizing
the human potential. Foucault’s main thesis of these discussions was the
recognition that the ‘care of the self’ was not a modern invention as
conventionally understood. Most people (but not philosophers of course) attributed the modern quest for
self-development and self actualization to be based in rather new "sciences" like the psychological: found in Maslow or Freud. And the pop culture versions like Dale Carnegie.</span></span><br />
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Foucault argued that the “care of the self” could be traced back to Greek philosophy, to Socrates and
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">The idea that a human being needs to continually work on creating the best
possible self relates to how a young man in Athens needed proper formation for a
life in politics. In the dialogue, Alcibiades thinks that he is ready for a
life of politics but Socrates warns him that he is not yet ready. Alcibiades
needs a wise master, such as Socrates, in order to learn how to properly think
and act. The proper instruction on the care of the self is an essential
pre-requisite to political life, since good leaders are born of </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">παιδεία</span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> and habit and not by
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Socrates advises Alcibiades to care for himself, in the same way
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Neo-Platonists considered <i>Alcibiades </i>to be the first
dialogue one would read to prepare one for philosophy. This dialogue was said
to open the reader to the idea of the care of the self though Socrates
insistence that Alcibiades is still in need of cultivation. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Century;">The German term, </span><i style="font-family: Century;">‘Bildung’</i><span style="font-family: Century;"> derives from the Greek </span><i style="font-family: Century;">paideia</i><span style="font-family: Century;"> and posits a ‘pure self’ buried beneath the bad habits and irrational beliefs of the average human being. This pure self is for the Neo-Platonists the ‘image of god’ within each human being and derives from the Pythagoreans.</span></span><br />
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I first got into the 'philosophy of fitness' was when I was working on my MA Thesis in phenomenology and 'the philosophy of the body'. This lead me to thinkers like Heidegger who led me back to Aristotle and classical Greece and that is the area of philosophy I focus on these days. However, my appreciation for classical philosophy also includes the work of Epicurus and how the US Founding Fathers, such as Jefferson were really Epicureans and not Christians or neo-Platonists. </div>
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I am just returned from one of my
long absences, having been at my other home for five weeks past. Having more
leisure there than here for reading, I amused myself with reading seriously
Plato’s Republic. I am wrong, however, in calling it amusement, for it was the
heaviest task-work I ever went through. I had occasionally before taken up some
of his other works, but scarcely ever had patience to go through a whole
dialogue. While wading through the whimsies, the puerilities, and
unintelligible jargon of this work, I laid it down often to ask myself how it
could have been, that the world should have so long consented to give
reputation to such nonsense as this? How the soi-disant Christian world,
indeed, should have done it, is a piece of historical curiosity. But how could
the Roman good sense do it? And particularly, how could Cicero bestow such
eulogies on Plato! Although Cicero did not wield the dense logic of
Demosthenes, yet he was able, learned, laborious, practised in the business of
the world, and honest. He could not be the dupe of mere style, of which he was
himself the first master in the world. With the moderns, I think, it is rather
a matter of fashion and authority. Education is chiefly in the hands of persons
who, from their profession, have an interest in the reputation and the dreams
of Plato. They give the tone while at school, and few in their after years have
occasion to revise their college opinions. But fashion and authority apart, and
bringing Plato to the test of reason, take from him his sophisms, futilities
and incomprehensibilities, and what remains? In truth, he is one of the race of
genuine sophists, who has escaped the oblivion of his brethren, first, by the
elegance of his diction, but chiefly, by the adoption and incorporation of his
whimsies into the body of artificial Christianity. His foggy mind is forever
presenting the semblances of objects which, half seen through a mist, can be
defined neither in form nor dimensions. Yet this, which should have consigned
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The Christian priesthood, finding
the doctrines of Christ levelled to every understanding, and too plain to need
explanation, saw in the mysticism of Plato, materials with which they might
build up an artificial system, which might, from its indistinctness, admit
everlasting controversy, give employment for their order, and introduce it to
profit, power and pre-eminence. The doctrines which flowed from the lips of
Jesus himself are within the comprehension of a child; but thousands of volumes
have not yet explained the Platonisms engrafted on them; and for this obvious
reason, that nonsense can never be explained. Their purposes, however, are
answered. Plato is canonized; and it is now deemed as impious to question his
merits as those of an Apostle of Jesus. He is peculiarly appealed to as an
advocate of the immortality of the soul; and yet I will venture to say, that
were there no better arguments than his in proof of it, not a man in the world
would believe it. It is fortunate for us, that Platonic republicanism has not
obtained the same favor as Platonic Christianity; or we should now have been
all living, men, women and children, pell mell together, like beasts of the
field or forest. Yet “Plato is a great philosopher,” said La Fontaine. But,
says Fontenelle, “Do you find his ideas very clear?” “Oh no! he is of an
obscurity impenetrable.” “Do you not find him full of contradictions?”
“Certainly,” replied La Fontaine, “he is but a sophist.” Yet immediately after
he exclaims again, “Oh, Plato was a great philosopher.” Socrates had reason,
indeed, to complain of the misrepresentations of Plato; for in truth, his
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