philosophy and introspection
as poetry
All human beings are blessed with the powers of observation. Since observation is the basis of all philosophy, all human beings are potential philosophers. In that sense, we are equal to any and all the great philosophers, both historical and contemporary.
What
powers our observations? Certainly the
five senses do. Out emotional
interactions with other human beings, with the organic and inorganic world
around us, and our interactions with concepts and the ‘beings’ that populate
the unseen world each add their power to our observations. Perhaps that is the difference between
philosophers – some use only one or two senses, others skirt their interactions
and deny the unseen world.
The
Greek philosophers wrote through poetry, although theirs was by strict meter so
it could be easily memorized.
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