http://satoru.pixelblog.com An interpretation of existence Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:10:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rational self-interest leads to mutual self-destruction, but reasonable self-interest can lead to harmony of co-existence. http://satoru.pixelblog.com/personal-statements/the-world-to-be/ 'The one is only the other deferred, the one differing from the other. The one is the other in differance, the one is the differance from the other.' This corresponds to the idea splashed out in 'A Piece of Thought' owing to Adorno, Negative Dialectics. http://satoru.pixelblog.com/personal-statements/derrida-differance/ The way to acheive happiness is to pursue something else. http://satoru.pixelblog.com/personal-statements/paradox-of-hedonism/ Thinking is positing or identifying something against something else. By the act of thinking itself, we are negating that which we are thinking against. Therefore, thinking is both positive and negative. Then, reasoing, a coherent process of thinking, has also a contradictory element by and in itself, because it affirms ... http://satoru.pixelblog.com/personal-statements/pieces-of-thoughts/ From all the philosophies I have learned, from all the experiences I have had, one thing comes to my mind; that is, "perspective comes before reason". What is my perspective? What does this mean to me? http://satoru.pixelblog.com/personal-statements/perspective/ Happiness is a pleasurable moment in life. On the other hand, life itself is a pursuit of a purpose if one finds one's own. A sense of satisfaction and fulfilment comes from the process of pursuing a purpose. http://satoru.pixelblog.com/personal-statements/how-to-live-revision/ "Be a philosopher, but amid all your philosophy, be still a man." http://satoru.pixelblog.com/personal-statements/my-favorite-quote-from-hume-an-enquiry-concerning-human-understanding-1748/ "...as soon as age permitted me to emerge from the supervision of my teachers, I completely abandoned the study of letters. And resolving to search for no knowledge other than what could be found within myself, or else in the great book of the world, I spent the rest of ... http://satoru.pixelblog.com/personal-statements/my-favorite-quote-from-descartes-discourse-of-method-1637/ Three questions to address; 1.        What can I know? – “Critique of Pure Reason” 2.        What ought I to do? – “Critique of Practical Reason” 3.        What may I hope? – “Critique of Judgment” Human Beings - Theoretical Reason →Concepts of the conditioned: the sensible world (Understanding with Senses) - Practical Reason → Ideas of the unconditioned: ... http://satoru.pixelblog.com/personal-statements/kants-philosophy/ Love is necessary, because it gives you even if temporarily the reason and importance of your existence, however trivial your existence seems to be. However, love is not sufficient, because it does not give you the meaning of your existence, as the meaning is something you choose and realise through ... http://satoru.pixelblog.com/personal-statements/love/