Molly, what caught my attention was the " truth," as in true to herself, in her works ( and life ).
She is not a Buddha. Neither is she a church going believer. What she picks up is the reality... in her and her full blooded life, in her friends, in people living and believing differently... all of whom lead perfectly ' normal, substantially aware and conscious, and reasonably happy and conflict-managed lives, with their particular symbols and engaging rituals, without the need of precise definitions or close intellectual views and acquired verbal insights that exclusive scientific views and hard atheistic commitments yield. Her views are very much grounded on the material... biology, genetics, science, history, society, sensuality, psychology... but she respects the diversity in the nature of our individual spiritual cores, our beings, sort of protecting them from all this onslaught of precision, definition and intellectualism that crowd upon us in our modern world of speech, branded thought and pre-loaded letters. Her intent seems to be to urge us to remain free of such pressures and immediate burdens. That's laudable, that cutting through attempts at asking all of us to wear ready-made coats of the same size ! Love you a lot. On Aug 17, 3:01 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > From my brief examination of her work this morning, her examination of > "systems of thought" lead to her vague notion that there is something > more than thought when we are "thinking in a way that does seem > central to human effort" by "putting their trust in providence, or > indeed by praying". Makes me wonder if she ever gets to it. Thanks, > Vam. > > On Aug 15, 11:28 am, Vam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > "Any major kind of philosophising always presents some distinctive > > ideal for life as well as for thought because life and thought are not > > really separate at all, and if the contemporary academic philosophers > > suppose they are not doing this they are mistaken. Academic narrowness > > is a style of thought as much as any other. It is quite as easily > > conveyed by a style of writing, and even more easily by a style of > > teaching." ~ Mary Midgely, who produced her first philosophical work > > at the age of 56 ! > > > Biographical profile @http://bit.ly/mXcrdw > > > I find her thoughts more open, and integrated. Do you ?
