Amol Kapila » Philosophy

Jessica Hagy on questioning things

Amol Kapila — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:12:39 +0000

Jessica Hagy has an excellent cartoon on questioning things. I tried to post it inline here, but I got fed up trying to figure out how to do so.

Plato’s Republic

Amol Kapila — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:18:13 +0000

I finished reading Book 1 of Plato’s Republic today. I am a little disappointed and can see why people get turned off from philosophy, as Socrates seems to engage in a lot of suspect reasoning, casting doubt on anyone’s position by playing word games that, more often than not, don’t help clarify an issue (in this case, the issue being “What is justice?”). However, Book 2 seems to be more promising. We’ll see…

Life, joy, purpose, happiness

Amol Kapila — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:08:55 +0000

“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.” –George Bernard Shaw