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Comment by Adrian Richards on February 16, 2012 at 5:32am

Comment by Adrian Richards on February 16, 2012 at 5:32am

Comment by Adrian Richards on February 16, 2012 at 5:22am

my interest in philosophy besides Plato all the way to Nietzsche would be psychology especially that deals with social concerns like Erich Fromm it is amazing that nobody has heard of E.F. Schumacher lots of vegetarian vegans were into him too.  

Comment by Danny Tollick on February 15, 2012 at 8:32am

Not heard of it Adrian, could you explain it in a nutshell?

Comment by Adrian Richards on February 14, 2012 at 10:44am

anyone like E.F. Schumacher philosophy Small is Beautiful, the show that got me vegan was quoting that philosopher among many others.

Comment by Jonas Hellö Ⓗ on January 7, 2012 at 1:43pm

To answer that question very late, Melissa, and very short: I think my interest in philosophy stems from a) a desperate fear of death, b) an almost equally big fascination of death, c) a restless mind, never really satisfied, and d) empathy and a will to understand other minds.

Comment by Jonas Hellö Ⓗ on July 3, 2011 at 5:17pm

Grand premiere for mootstand.net today!

Comment by Melissa on November 3, 2010 at 2:15am

ok ... I don't want to be only one posting ... don't be shy .. how about we all share why we are drawn to philosophy, when we realised we were interested in it or discovered it ... or something else anyone else wants to post as well? Realise some people feel like they are new to it and might not therefore feel they have things to post but please do as your own personal philosophy or thoughts after reading something or pull towards it is just as valuable as anything else posted.

I found philosophy at University when I was about 18 ... drawn to it from the university course options descriptions and enjoyed it when going to lectures. Studied a few parts of Philosophy for a couple of years - metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of religion, logic. Was not so keen on the logic paper as it seemed overly focussed on the technology of putting an argument together and I was more interested in the extended thought and step-wise progression to that place and how it shifted my consciousness to contemplate and understand it. I like philosophy because it opens your mind and seems to keep it open and exploring. I prefer to keep my mind open on things i think ...has a cost though.

How about others - where did you first come across it and what drew you and interests you about it / parts of philosophy do you like the best?

Comment by Melissa on September 13, 2010 at 5:36am

You seem to me a man very much of these naturalist spiritual philosophies Max with your mountaineering, kayak and trecking adventures.

I looked up Muir, you are right he was a very significant environmentalist. They seem to be similar in their views on the role of perception and the senses as ways to experience the divine in nature. Muir seems to keep a core Christian religious base as a reference point though, more that Thoreau, who seems to see spiritual illumination via intuition more than religion. Muir also saw a dichotomy between nature and culture whereas Thoreau seems to prefer a middle ground between the two. Muir does seem to have done a lot more on a practical level for the environment whereas Thoreau seems to have been more literary focussed ... yet both clearly inspired by their personal connection with nature. Muir lived twice as long as Thoreau who died at just 44. Would have been nice if they had died in nature yet both in hospitals, coincidentally both of lung related problems. I read that Thoreau also accidentally set fire to the Walden woods and 300 acres was lost! This must have been painful experience for him.

Many indigenous cultures also share this connection with the divine as if it is residing in a tangible way within nature or speaks to them through nature. Whereas civilisation seems to have grown a more distal religious and heavenly view of spirituality... perhaps evolving out of a progressive disconnection with nature?

Comment by max Ⓥ burgess on September 13, 2010 at 4:20am

very true except Thoreau never really went very deep into the woods.Walden was right outside of town. For a truly deep look into nature and therefore god read John Muir..

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