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16114462 No.16114462 [Reply] [Original]

It can change depending on the concrete tradition but It's opposed to rationalism and positivism for sure.

>What I mean by tradition?

All traditions flow into a common objective but every people has its own way to, according to their personality, reach it.
>What isn't tradition?
Customs aren't tradition.
Tradition isn't a concrete ideology, dogma or religion.

>> No.16114526

>>16114462
Trivially, no. What if your tradition is cosmopolitanism? If anything a shared tradition between different states can serve as a basis for cosmopolitanism.

>> No.16114626

>>16114462
>All traditions flow into a common objective
Do they? What is that objective?

>> No.16114643

>>16114462
Much of "tradition" traces back to instinctual human behavior. Liberalism is a fight for higher values against the animalistic aspects of man.

>> No.16114756

>>16114626
the same as the perennial philosophy

>> No.16114798

>>16114643
This is an utilitarist or materialist argument, the same explanation could be applied to religions, spiritualism and faith, but a lot of don't think like you; luckily I'd say.

>> No.16114812

>>16114798
>but a lot of don't think like you
but a lot of people* don't think like you

>> No.16114887

>>16114798
>This is an utilitarist or materialist argument
Utter nonsense. Jesus actually led the fight against built-in anti-social human behaviors. He taught that people should resist the temptation toward violence, tribalism, hierarchy, acquisitiveness, etc. All animalistic instincts that man has not yet left behind.

>> No.16114943

>>16114887
you keep using this self centered materialist modern centric argument now in favor of Christianism

>> No.16114949

>>16114756
Just come out and say it dude

>> No.16114962

>>16114943
No, you are projecting again. Since you are clearly an ESL, perhaps it's a language issue on your end.

>> No.16115689

>>16114462
What is traditional about the Pharos of Alexandria? It was built by Macedonian warlords, engineered by Greeks, and constructed by fellaheen work gangs.

>> No.16115694

>>16114626
Tradition always means "stuff I like"

>> No.16115736

>>16114462
>to, according to their personality, reach it.
Not a great post overall OP, but this split infinitive is really atrocious.