>read hundreds of books on philosophy
>interested in it since I was a child
>spend my freetime on philosophy all the time and come to a conclusion
>realize it's useless at the end
Fugg, anons. All philosophy that isn't religious or spiritual is just plain useless. Don't waste your time on that.
Read hundreds of books on philosophy
Camden Lewis
Owen Barnes
absolute bullshit. The categorical imperative as a basis for deontological morality, and utilitarianism as a moral system for acting as a moral agent, are some of the most groundbreaking achievements of human thought, even though they're kind of opposite of each other.
Connor Ross
What have I been doing? There is no answer. There is no truth. It was all a meaningless search for nothing.
Charles Carter
age , Opie?
William Bailey
>Kierkegaard
You need some based Nietzsche and Stoics
And philosophy was never meant to give you answers. It's main goal is to ask questions.
Christian Bailey
>utilitarianism as a moral system for acting as a moral agent
>most groundbreaking achievement
Stoicism in of itself is a better and more groundbreaking achivement than utilitarianism.
also
>not mentioning Nietzsche
Tyler Cook
They are achievements, sure, but they're NOT useful. They won't help you in life.
Besides, congrats on knowing the absolute most beginner-tier idea of Ethics, retard.
Daniel Brooks
>brainlet Kierkegaard is insulting others for not having studied useless information again
Connor Roberts
>Stoicism in of itself is a better and more groundbreaking achivement than utilitarianism.
stoicism is trash, and what of the categorical imperative?
of course they are useful. how else do you organize behavior? Virgin "durr the strongest win!" doesnt apply lmao. also
>beginner tier
that's not how it works, retard. There are no "tiers" to this shit.
Aiden Scott
>Stoics
Based.
>Nietzsche
Beginner-tier meme philosopher
Dylan Nelson
Philosophy IS useless information, user.
Bentley Richardson
probably shouldn't have been reading continental shit then
Robert Price
That was my point, half-wit.
Cameron Lewis
How's high school treating you retard
Jayden Morales
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sorry I've been mean for no reason
Daniel Bell
>tfw fell deep into tue advaita vedanta meme
>literally "when you see it, you can't unsee it": the philosophy
>identity is slowly eroding, dissociating more and more from my body, literally being subsumed by Brahma
Jeremiah Morris
>Vedanta
Tell me more, user.
Henry Johnson
Genuine passion for something is never useless.
However, what makes you think religious or spiritual philosophy isn't equally useless?
Angel Ramirez
>However, what makes you think religious or spiritual philosophy isn't equally useless?
Gives Life meaning.
David Turner
What do you think about Heraclitus?
Easton Torres
Fair enough. But how do you however reconcile your quest for truth and your spiritual beliefs? I was raised Christian and while I have observed tremendous positive impact that religion can have on a person, it always bothered me that the basis for it all could essentially be boiled down to self deception.
Thomas Phillips
>What do you think about Heraclitus?
Chad and based.
I've given up on the "quest for truth".
Brayden Gray
Well, Vedanta is just refers to the justification of the advaita, the Vedanta are the scriptures from which advaita (monism) is justified. Advaita is hard to describe, but the QRD is that everything comes from, and is, Brahman, the world and our sense of self is an illusion, and we can achieve liberation in the body (jivanmukti) by shedding our attachments to the world and ego, and identifying instead with Brahman. Except, as you study this more and more, the latter starts happening automatically. It has definitely improved my life, but it simultaneously makes me feel insane
David Sanders
lol user, if it makes you feel "insane" then probably you are not ready for this knowledge or it's just not right for you.
Aaron Myers
If you study philosophy to in search of some 'truth' you are obviously going to be disappointed. Most of philosophy always seemed a bit too soulless for me too, but to each his own. For those passionate about it, philosophy can add meaning to your life, it just didn't for me.
As for the religious and spiritual, how do you feel about Daoism?
Angel Wright
I don't think I get to decide whether i'm ready or if it's time, user
Gavin Nguyen
>As for the religious and spiritual, how do you feel about Daoism?
Favorably. It's much better than Confucianism too, that's for sure.
Aaron Kelly
i dont understand anything youre saying
Ayden Morgan
Should I read philsophers to reaffirm my worldview, or to challenge it?
Lincoln Robinson
>i dont understand anything youre saying
It's ok user. You'll understand it eventually.
Noah Harris
>Should I read philsophers to reaffirm my worldview, or to challenge it?
The latter one, but if you're gonna have a particular position or worldview obviously the more you know about it the better because then the better you'll defend it.
Landon Ortiz
You be studied philosophy and yet you're bad at deciding where to post you cunt
Luke Russell
Nietzsche is, confusingly, both pleb and God tier. Brainlets and philosophy 101 faggots get their first taste of Nietzsche and take it all at face value or with some preconception as background to fill in the blanks of their woefully incomplete understandings.
The few that make it to the other side come back to Nietzsche with the appreciation only a philosopher can have.
Landon Scott
You don't read philosophy to fill your head with other people's opinions. You're supposed to supply the "soul", be the foil, and use the thoughts of those that came before to galvanize the boundaries of your own.
Xavier Lewis
And that fucker Aristotle destroyed most of Heraclitus' work.
Jason Scott
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