Summary: Moral and ethical conduct via The Rites as in rituals of respect are what facilitate moral homeostasis. — Sum Dude
Could you provide a summary? I'm interested to know your take on it. — Sum Dude
I don't see Self-Reliance and the Cogito as comparable. The former falls within the realm of ethics, the latter metaphysics.To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment.
When he says "genius" he doesn't mean like Einstein, he means something more like our essence.
I've always thought that "Self-Reliance" is the most radical intellectual statement possible. Makes "Cogito Ergo Sum" seem like "I tawt I taw a puddy tat." Trust yourself. Your thoughts. My original quote is the most radical statement of Emerson's radical position. — T Clark
I don't see Self-Reliance and the Cogito as comparable. The former falls within the realm of ethics, the latter metaphysics. — Hanover
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke. ― Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or, Part I
Does this parable apply to groups who have been injured by the policies of others? — Bitter Crank
Kinda makes you realize the sanctity of bringing a life to the world and the immensity of the work to undertake. — BrianW
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