Philosophy Thread....

[dasari4kntr]

 

[Lonelyloner]

“Relativism reduces every element of absoluteness to relativity while making a completely illogical exception in favor of this reduction itself. Fundamentally it consists in propounding the claim that there is no truth as if this were truth or in declaring it to be absolutely true that there is nothing but the relatively true; one might just as well say that there is no language or write that there is no writing. In short, every idea is reduced to a relativity of some sort, whether psychological, historical, or social; but the assertion nullifies itself by the fact that it too presents itself as a psychological, historical, or social relativity. The assertion nullifies itself if it is true and by nullifying itself logically proves thereby that it is false; its initial absurdity lies in the implicit claim to be unique in escaping, as if by enchantment, from a relativity that is declared to be the only possibility.”

― Frithjof Schuon, Logic and Transcendence

[Lonelyloner]

Just now, Lonelyloner said:

“Relativism reduces every element of absoluteness to relativity while making a completely illogical exception in favor of this reduction itself. Fundamentally it consists in propounding the claim that there is no truth as if this were truth or in declaring it to be absolutely true that there is nothing but the relatively true; one might just as well say that there is no language or write that there is no writing. In short, every idea is reduced to a relativity of some sort, whether psychological, historical, or social; but the assertion nullifies itself by the fact that it too presents itself as a psychological, historical, or social relativity. The assertion nullifies itself if it is true and by nullifying itself logically proves thereby that it is false; its initial absurdity lies in the implicit claim to be unique in escaping, as if by enchantment, from a relativity that is declared to be the only possibility.”

― Frithjof Schuon, Logic and Transcendence

can anyone translate in telugu 

[dasari4kntr]

On 3/24/2021 at 10:28 PM, Lonelyloner said:

“Relativism reduces every element of absoluteness to relativity while making a completely illogical exception in favor of this reduction itself. Fundamentally it consists in propounding the claim that there is no truth as if this were truth or in declaring it to be absolutely true that there is nothing but the relatively true; one might just as well say that there is no language or write that there is no writing. In short, every idea is reduced to a relativity of some sort, whether psychological, historical, or social; but the assertion nullifies itself by the fact that it too presents itself as a psychological, historical, or social relativity. The assertion nullifies itself if it is true and by nullifying itself logically proves thereby that it is false; its initial absurdity lies in the implicit claim to be unique in escaping, as if by enchantment, from a relativity that is declared to be the only possibility.”

― Frithjof Schuon, Logic and Transcendence

 

based on my study about this...

looks like its all about relativism...

i am not going in deep to understand this riddle in the quote...but looks like it is saying there is no objective truth...some ones truth is someones lie....

example...protests before independence is patriotism but now a days its anti nationalism...

it comes under the "ethics" branch of philosophy... (refer first page post..)

 

BTW..thanks for bring up this...otherwise i would never know about this...

 

Relativism & Meta Ethics...

 

 

[kingcasanova]

 

[dasari4kntr]

On 3/29/2021 at 1:21 AM, kingcasanova said:

 

3 hours of big video...i will watch it slowly...

thanks for posting this here...

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[dasari4kntr]

What is Consciousness..?

 

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[RoadRomeo]

 

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[TensionNahiLeneka]

philosophy..................

 

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