AntoniusBlock said:
"There are so many people--I won't call them "morons,""
haha ..I think you just did :P
Polydactyl said:
"You can't think of yourself in comparison to others. You have to set goals within the limits of yourself in order to get anywhere."
I disagree, if only for debates sake.
Shackling your aspirations to the limits of your capabilities may be realistic but it hampers any opportunity of discovering hidden potential.
@The original question:
As has already been mentioned, it's probably less normal than it should be; at least from my perspective. From another perspective; why would we need to contemplate deep philosophical questions to funtion to our maximum human potential and what are the characteristics of that potential?
I know that for me, in the environment which I grew up in, being philosophically inclined was more hinderance than help. It caused me to question myself and others and it was the main reason why I grew up feeling like I didn't belong. As a result I became socially anxious and had litttle confidence; a good grasp of understandable reality, a hungry mind and astute self awareness didn't do me any real favours in the world.... Unless we consider that a truer purpose of existence is to develop oneself internally sufficiently enough to begin understanding the very nature and fabric of existence itself.
If that's the case the at least those of us philosophically disposed are on our way.
Is it normal to think philosophically?
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AntoniusBlock said:
"There are so many people--I won't call them "morons,""
haha ..I think you just did :P
Polydactyl said:
"You can't think of yourself in comparison to others. You have to set goals within the limits of yourself in order to get anywhere."
I disagree, if only for debates sake.
Shackling your aspirations to the limits of your capabilities may be realistic but it hampers any opportunity of discovering hidden potential.
@The original question:
As has already been mentioned, it's probably less normal than it should be; at least from my perspective. From another perspective; why would we need to contemplate deep philosophical questions to funtion to our maximum human potential and what are the characteristics of that potential?
I know that for me, in the environment which I grew up in, being philosophically inclined was more hinderance than help. It caused me to question myself and others and it was the main reason why I grew up feeling like I didn't belong. As a result I became socially anxious and had litttle confidence; a good grasp of understandable reality, a hungry mind and astute self awareness didn't do me any real favours in the world.... Unless we consider that a truer purpose of existence is to develop oneself internally sufficiently enough to begin understanding the very nature and fabric of existence itself.
If that's the case the at least those of us philosophically disposed are on our way.