[Akshay] Yes, I'd say I agree with it on most points. I hadn't known this school partly because of my ignorance to developing a formal knowledge of schools of philosophy, thus I have been unable to briefly summarise my views as "I'm a Stoicist". I wonder if knowledge of all "ism"s would be philosophising?
[Arlo] Yes, I'd say that "formal knowledge of schools of philosophy" (knowledge of all 'isms') is what Pirsig would call philosophology. I'm not trying to back you into some ism-corner, by the way, I just noticed some similarity between what you had said in a few posts, and the stoic school of thinking. Along with the stoics, the ascetics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asceticism) practiced "abstinence from worldly pleasures (austerity)", but did so towards a spiritual, rather than intellectual, end. You may want to check out what they had said as well. Sometimes these schools of thought can help guide us towards a more formal representation of our own beliefs. But at only 16, I'd say it appears you are many strides closer than most others your age. Again, welcome. Arlo moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
