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9 years ago
Ethos Pathos Logos.
Morals, Emotions and Logic.
These are the well established in Philosophical history. But I think we lost it somewhere. I think that somewhere on the road we split off. You have those who hail Logic, higher than Morals and Emotions. You have those who surrender to their emotions and tell Morals and logic to screw off. And you have people so obsessed with their Morals that they don't let logic or emotions get in the way of them. However you cant have a world that has sea and air but no land. You need all of them.
Single minded:
Ethos: That goes against what I stand for so get away from me or get behind me.
Pathos: Well that's how I feel and if you don't like it go **** yourself.
Logos: Clearly the facts speak for themselves, if you contest data your an idiot.
It doesn't matter which one you fall under, being single minded on any of these issues makes you obnoxious. The can say "Oh those Christians are such hypocrites, so closed minded." Yet you have Scientists saying "Well if they don't agree with us then those people need to be silenced." and Celebrity's "Well I just act for a living but you should believe me because I am popular. And it feels right." Fascists have many faces none better than the other.
Dual Minded:
Ethos Pathos: Yes I feel your pain, its wrong and I must fix it!
Ethos Logos: This is why you should listen to me, then this would not have happened.
Pathos Logos: Its wrong even if you feel that way, and you should have thought about that before you did that.
This is better because you can connect to other people better, but you still lack something. Perhaps you lack emotion, or have a little to much. "Religion without Science is blind, and Science without Religion is lame." "Those that cannot control their emotions will be controlled by them." Each one has a defining flaw. If you lack empathy and compassion, you will come off cold and heartless, even if you mean well. A lack of reason and sensibility may not only hinder you, but those around you. Those that have no morals will eventually cause more harm than healing.
Complete mindset:
Ethos Pathos Logos: I see this has hurt you, and it hurts me to see this wrong thing done to you. We must make sure that this does not happen to you again, or to others.
By using all aspects they control the flaws of the others.
Morals keep the Feelings from getting out of control. Feelings keep the Logic from becoming robotic and heartless. And Logic keeps the Morals from becoming fanatic.
People who are given to violent or irrational actions let feelings control them. Those that are condescending or arrogant behavior let their logic rule them. Anyone who holds standards on pure principle of 'because I/they say so' is brainwashed.
Everyone has points where they may give way to one, or forget another of these aspects, but we should still strive for holding all of them.
In this day and age, I see the violence, the hate, people lording over others and ignorance. Its time for change everyone, and it starts not with others, but yourself. Expecting others to change but not changing yourself first, that's hypocritical. If you cant bother to try and understand the other side even a little, and instead demonize them, insult them and treat them as inferiors you are in fact worst than them. You will NEVER completely eliminate mistreatment of others, lying, world hunger, jerks, poverty, corruption or evil. And those that strive for this absolution are foolish. No one ever won someone over with insults, hate or by force. Fascists are beginning to appear, and it was Fascists that first tried to kill Philosophy. Philosophy needs to be reborn today. So that ever person alive here with us can stand together, even if we disagree, we will at least understand each other and can be civil about it. We are stronger together than apart.
I realize some of these philosophical principles wont mean anything to some of you, and some may not even care about this at all. This may be forgotten but I made this because I though, perhaps, this might make a difference to some of you. I doubt I invented this, or even am the first to talk on it, but I hope that this has enlightened you, even if only a little.
Morals, Emotions and Logic.
These are the well established in Philosophical history. But I think we lost it somewhere. I think that somewhere on the road we split off. You have those who hail Logic, higher than Morals and Emotions. You have those who surrender to their emotions and tell Morals and logic to screw off. And you have people so obsessed with their Morals that they don't let logic or emotions get in the way of them. However you cant have a world that has sea and air but no land. You need all of them.
Single minded:
Ethos: That goes against what I stand for so get away from me or get behind me.
Pathos: Well that's how I feel and if you don't like it go **** yourself.
Logos: Clearly the facts speak for themselves, if you contest data your an idiot.
It doesn't matter which one you fall under, being single minded on any of these issues makes you obnoxious. The can say "Oh those Christians are such hypocrites, so closed minded." Yet you have Scientists saying "Well if they don't agree with us then those people need to be silenced." and Celebrity's "Well I just act for a living but you should believe me because I am popular. And it feels right." Fascists have many faces none better than the other.
Dual Minded:
Ethos Pathos: Yes I feel your pain, its wrong and I must fix it!
Ethos Logos: This is why you should listen to me, then this would not have happened.
Pathos Logos: Its wrong even if you feel that way, and you should have thought about that before you did that.
This is better because you can connect to other people better, but you still lack something. Perhaps you lack emotion, or have a little to much. "Religion without Science is blind, and Science without Religion is lame." "Those that cannot control their emotions will be controlled by them." Each one has a defining flaw. If you lack empathy and compassion, you will come off cold and heartless, even if you mean well. A lack of reason and sensibility may not only hinder you, but those around you. Those that have no morals will eventually cause more harm than healing.
Complete mindset:
Ethos Pathos Logos: I see this has hurt you, and it hurts me to see this wrong thing done to you. We must make sure that this does not happen to you again, or to others.
By using all aspects they control the flaws of the others.
Morals keep the Feelings from getting out of control. Feelings keep the Logic from becoming robotic and heartless. And Logic keeps the Morals from becoming fanatic.
People who are given to violent or irrational actions let feelings control them. Those that are condescending or arrogant behavior let their logic rule them. Anyone who holds standards on pure principle of 'because I/they say so' is brainwashed.
Everyone has points where they may give way to one, or forget another of these aspects, but we should still strive for holding all of them.
In this day and age, I see the violence, the hate, people lording over others and ignorance. Its time for change everyone, and it starts not with others, but yourself. Expecting others to change but not changing yourself first, that's hypocritical. If you cant bother to try and understand the other side even a little, and instead demonize them, insult them and treat them as inferiors you are in fact worst than them. You will NEVER completely eliminate mistreatment of others, lying, world hunger, jerks, poverty, corruption or evil. And those that strive for this absolution are foolish. No one ever won someone over with insults, hate or by force. Fascists are beginning to appear, and it was Fascists that first tried to kill Philosophy. Philosophy needs to be reborn today. So that ever person alive here with us can stand together, even if we disagree, we will at least understand each other and can be civil about it. We are stronger together than apart.
I realize some of these philosophical principles wont mean anything to some of you, and some may not even care about this at all. This may be forgotten but I made this because I though, perhaps, this might make a difference to some of you. I doubt I invented this, or even am the first to talk on it, but I hope that this has enlightened you, even if only a little.
Domino2
~domino2
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