From 49a87c26a9c85e1d42198fbd61559290423b8d2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: FreneticScribbler Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:12:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'content/blog/2020-12-16-worth.md' --- content/blog/2020-12-16-worth.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/blog/2020-12-16-worth.md b/content/blog/2020-12-16-worth.md index ad77747..d0e04ba 100644 --- a/content/blog/2020-12-16-worth.md +++ b/content/blog/2020-12-16-worth.md @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ title: "Worth Reading" date: 2020-12-16 00:00:00 +0100 categories: philosophy --- -I'm in no position to justifiably make this assertation, but I'm going to do it anyway: the *vast* majority of modern philosophy is worthless. **Fully** aware of the irony in my statement, I argue we have made very little progress since the Greeks. But some things stand out. So follows, in no particular order, a very short (living) list of things I have found worthy of my time. +EDIT: A previous version of this was unkind, perhaps too much so. + +Not a lot of philosophy stands out to me. It feels like, since the Greeks, we've gotten pretty bogged down in proofs and formulations, with very little to show for it. Of course, the hell do I know? Some things have stood out to me, though. So follows, in no particular order, a short (living) list of things I have found that inspired my intrest: - Jean-Dominique Bauby, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" - Thomas Young, "Overconsumption and procreation: are they morally equivalent?."