/lit/ - Literature

>>23049368
>The true method of discovery is like the flight of an aeroplane. It starts from the ground of particular observation; it makes a flight in the thin air of imaginative generalization; and it again lands for renewed observation rendered acute by rational interpretation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxVVm75k_8Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_HroTxaZe0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWnA4XLrMWA

>Of course, Wordsworth is a poet writing a poem, and is not concerned with dry philosophical statements. But it would hardly be possible to express more clearly a feeling for nature, as exhibiting entwined prehensive unities, each suffused with modal presences of others:
>‘Ye Presences of Nature in the sky
>And on the earth! Ye Visions of the hills!
>And Souls of lonely places! can I think
>A vulgar hope was yours when ye employed
>Such ministry, when ye through many a year
>Haunting me thus among my boyish sports,
>On caves and trees, upon the woods and hills,
>Impressed upon all forms the characters
>Of danger or desire; and thus did make
>The surface of the universal earth,
>With triumph and delight, with hope and fear,
>Work like a sea? . . .’
>In thus citing Wordsworth, the point which I wish to make is that we forget how strained and paradoxical is the view of nature which modern science imposes on our thoughts. Wordsworth, to the height of genius, expresses the concrete facts of our apprehension, facts which are distorted in the scientific analysis. Is it not possible that the standardised concepts of science are only valid within narrow limitations, perhaps too narrow for science itself?
>- Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World

>>14249309
"Being a polymath" is a product of having insatiable curiosity. To "aspire to be a polymath" is to seek situations that inspire your curiosity and creativity.
To inspire others towards curiosity in even the smallest bit is to nourish all souls involved.

>>13933839
Calling George Carlin a philosopher is based. It is very philosophically healthy to include as much as possible into what considers "philosophy." To me philosophy is involved with all experiences. Philosophy is all about exploring the unknown of human dreams, ideas, and experiences, and such journeys always begin with inspiration.

>>13886008
This is a nice idea and could greatly help explore all the different concepts and their intersections. I tend to do the least amount of organization I have to in order to keep moving, as any excess is waste. This is what draws me to formats like this: one can engage in a free-flow, leaving behind some traces to reflect on, by unable to be dominated by systematic procedure.

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