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They are rediscovering old and familiar philosophy. This is not a trivial pursuit since they are doing it in a new context. The most noteworthy rediscovery here
by ganzuul 3y ago
They are rediscovering old and familiar philosophy. This is not a trivial pursuit since they are doing it in a new context. The most noteworthy rediscovery here can be traced back to the Logos, which was once already rediscovered by Christian philosophers and adapted to their then new system of morality.
Rewrite rules do appear to be a new addition to the narrative of the Logos even though it has precedence elsewhere. If we wish to build upon the discoveries of ages past, adding rewrite rules to a Logos concerned with goodness, we may discover moral non-commutativity.
It is interesting to note that the Logos was originally discovered in a collectivist society. With Christianity there was the beginning of an individualist society. Originally the Logos appeared together with Pathos and Ethos as the vehicle of convictions. Today we may perhaps wish to consider Logos, Ethos and Mythos as our understanding of reality, where the individual Pathos is replaced with the collective Mythos.
- dist-epoch 3y agoIf the greeks said that matter is made of atoms it doesn't mean that we rediscovered that fact. Because their atoms were not our atoms.
- h0p3 3y agoThank you, nomad. Do you have anything else to say about The Good?
- ganzuul 3y agoI started talking about it once I realized it was not obvious to everyone, but many who say they believe in free speech actually don't want to hear it. I'm tired.
- h0p3 3y agoThis was a curious (and I'd argue unobvious) response to my request. I think it's fair to say I'm a free speech advocate, and I do want to hear more. I appreciate that you are tired, and I'm grateful that you've offered me more of your perspective. Thank you. If you change your mind, I'll be listening. `/salute`.
- ganzuul 3y agoThat was not directed at you personally, excuse me. I wrote some more about it in a couple of posts on HN yesterday.