detrop said:
I would say the main reason that I am inspired to philosophize is because I am terribly depressed by the world in which I find myself. This has been a growing problem of mine for over 10 years now. I find myself increasingly alienated by a world that gives me two measly options. The first option is that I be happy in the “rat race” of perpetual productivity and consumption. The second option is that I suspend all disbelief and “hand my mind over” to a painfully obtuse “metaphysical” construct (Christianity, Scientology, Ken Wilber, etc).
I want the best of both worlds, however. I want to both live in this world and transcend it. The only way to do this is via a philosophy that uses the logos (logic) in order to get beyond it. I believe that my philosophy does this better than any other that I have come across.
The point of this is the following. If my philosophy is not capable of inspiring some sort of authentically philosophical community, then it is no good. I don’t meant a community that is founded on a “particular” philosophy. I mean a community that is founded on philosophy-as-such. A place where people will be able to stretch their minds to the fullest extent possible.
I want this place to be replete with spontaneously generated philosophy bull sessions. I find this type of thing infinitely more satisfying than the “online” world that we are currently forced to use. To me, the internet is nothing but a tool that allows like-minded people to physically come together and share their lives in highly fulfilling ways. If this “message board” thing is all the internet is good for (at least for us philosophical types), then I might as well find a cliff right now.
I don’t want to continue living like this. I need to be around others who are able to stimulate my mind. I feel like I am living life as a high school senior amid a class of fifth-graders. I just can’t relate to them. They are infinitely boring. And therefore, profoundly depressing.
I really don’t care where this theoretical “philosophical community” might take root. I currently live in Tampa, Florida (where I am from), so this is the default place for me. I have a website at http://tampacoop.lnux.us, and a message board linked from there. There is always the default option of simply going to one of the many other “intentional communities” that are listed on http://ic.org. However, I simply am not capable of submitting to their juvenile philosophies. Not to mention the distaste that I have for all of those “god forsaken hippies numb from sniffing glue and Grateful Dead concerts.”
detrop said:
Physicists: got no problem with them. What they do is highly interesting, and at times, immanently useful.
Eastern thought: tries to “point the way” to absolute Truth by way of riddle and paradox. I find it highly enjoyable to read (meditate on), but by its very nature, it doesn’t “hold its own” in a world that is philosophically dominated by the mere “correctness” of the logos.
Phenomenology: whatever it is, I guess it’s okay. I actually find Husserl’s attempt to “out-Descartes” Descartes pretty funny.
Sartre: while he may once in a while say some pretty interesting stuff, it is always obliterated by his goddam word-shitting. In other words, he seems to intentionally violate the “Principle of Least Convolution” (my term). It seems that some of those 20th century French philosophers were hired for no other reason but to give us all inferiority complexes. Therefore, whatever the term “existence precedes essence” may actually mean, I could never hope to sift through the detritus that everywhere infiltrates his writing. Of course, it may just be that I am stupid.
detrop said:
Ha ha, thanks for the heads up . I don’t know, I think this board fits my purposes all right. I mean, there is nothing that these nitwit posters are able to say that I haven’t already thought a million times before. There is nothing harsher for me to deal with than my own mind! And like I’ve already said before: it isn’t the posters that I’m trying to “get to.” It’s the silent majority that is content to surf the internet and think for awhile before they decide to throw their two cents in (if ever). If I can only get a handful of these decent-minded people to get in touch with me (PM or email), then I will be happy. It all goes back to my overwhelming desire to start an authentic “philosophical community” in which to live, work, and love.
Nientilin (Joey) wrote:
Yes you do. I have no idea what you are saying. But that doesn’t mean I don’t like you!
Actually I quite like this one,
Keep up the good work!