After discussing some daily happenings with a friend, i had an epiphany... or more like a summarizing realization of something i've been thinking about hahah. Life is the product of definitions. Defining roles, defining words, defining relationships... Every step is as important as our infantile moment when we identify the two "big persons" around us as "dada, mama"...
Eventually, we come to define what it means to be friends, what it means to have a religion, what it means to live life - meaningfully. And although our definitions might sometimes conflict with others definitions... those are the moments when we learn to discuss, to convince - to affect each other...bah i philosophize too much and i don't do enough... hahah
Btw, teh pic is our physics prof trying to hypnotize the class >:D
2 comments:
haha, I wouldn't completely agree with you, but perhaps modify your point. We define things in life so that we can operate efficiently in it, but we can't hope to simplify everything down to size...there are just too many complexities and unavoidable contradictions that it would be silly to be so naive. The least we can do (and perhaps is the more "mature" way to do things) is to face these difficulties and accept them for what they are. We can talk about this more over lunch or something ^^ hint hint
verification word: extrepal...you're my extrepal!
"Life is the product of definitions."
I believe that what Sofa was trying to say here is that life is a product of meaning. Meaning that we assign. That we use subjectively to perceive our own world.
I believe what bilbo7369 is saying is that "definitions" are used to help us perceive things in life. This may seem similar, but bilbo's take on this is more objective whereas sofa's take is more subjective. In bilbo's case, definitions, as ideal absolutes that come close to the "absolute" (in terms of Platonic truth and perfection), are necessary for relativity to occur, allowing us to "operate efficiently in it." Because then, we have a way to objectively perceive; a way to communicate (no matter how much we fail miserably at doing so).
Sofa was not trying to say that "definitions" are used for the pursuit of the absolute, but rather, it that "definitions" are used for the pursuit of assigning meaning to the apparently meaningless or lack of previous meaning. Perhaps, I think, to satisfy our need to be human; being ourselves, yet, creating new selves in the process.
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