- What is the very nature of reality
- Why do you do what you do, why do you feel what you feel, why do you think what you think
- Mythos (story-telling) vs. Philos (science)
- Philosophia - The 💖 love of wisdom
- Philosophy - The academic study of anything.
- Maybe we need philosophy NOW more than EVER.
- Philosophy came to be understood more as a way of thinking about questions
- Sometimes you NEVER know the answers
- What is the world like
- What is the nature of reality?
- Is the world just made of matter and energy, or is there something else going on?
- When you can do nothing, what can you do?
- What is the colour of wind?
Two monks were arguing about the temple flag waving in the wind.
One said, “The flag moves.”
The other said, “The wind moves.”
They argued back and forth but could not agree.
Hui-neng, the sixth patriarch, said: “Gentlemen! It is not the flag that moves. It is not the wind that moves. It is your mind that moves.”
The two monks were struck with awe.
One said, “The flag moves.”
The other said, “The wind moves.”
They argued back and forth but could not agree.
Hui-neng, the sixth patriarch, said: “Gentlemen! It is not the flag that moves. It is not the wind that moves. It is your mind that moves.”
The two monks were struck with awe.
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