Comments on: Philosophy and Old Brazilian Ladies http://maylingsu.com/2003/07/philosophy-brazil/ International Muse Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:49:42 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Sergey http://maylingsu.com/2003/07/philosophy-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-3303 Sergey Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:18:36 +0000 http://maylingsu.com/fixxx/2003/07/10/philosophy-brazil/#comment-3303 I love YOU!!!!!! I love YOU!!!!!!

]]> By: May Ling Su http://maylingsu.com/2003/07/philosophy-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-3302 May Ling Su Tue, 05 Aug 2003 03:55:04 +0000 http://maylingsu.com/fixxx/2003/07/10/philosophy-brazil/#comment-3302 wow... sounds like fun. I love the beach!!! :-P talk to ya later! wow… sounds like fun. I love the beach!!! :-P talk to ya later!

]]> By: Marc http://maylingsu.com/2003/07/philosophy-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-3301 Marc Tue, 05 Aug 2003 03:50:10 +0000 http://maylingsu.com/fixxx/2003/07/10/philosophy-brazil/#comment-3301 busy bodies! I just returned from a trip to Florida and the Bahamas..... was amazing.... the water there was so clear and turquoise color!! and we did some snorkeling and boating....anyway, gonna do some catching up at work...but will call you and catch up.... Dont work too hard... I'm not! ; ) busy bodies!

I just returned from a trip to Florida and the Bahamas….. was amazing…. the water there was so clear and turquoise color!! and we did some snorkeling and boating….anyway, gonna do some catching up at work…but will call you and catch up….

Dont work too hard… I’m not! ; )

]]> By: Rick http://maylingsu.com/2003/07/philosophy-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-3300 Rick Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:55:36 +0000 http://maylingsu.com/fixxx/2003/07/10/philosophy-brazil/#comment-3300 yes that sounds great. and by the way, you mentioned earlier that you planned to come to amsterdam one day... well, just to be sure, i'd like to offer you again to be your guide. Amsterdam is a nice city with a great liberal history. it is for no other reason that it was the haven for freethinkers in the seventeenth century; both descartes and spinoza (the two fathers of modern philosophy) lived in amsterdam at that time, and other great philosophers (like Leibniz) published their books over there, because they were afraid to do that in their own country. I just came back from Rome, where one can see a great statue of the greatest Italian philosopher of the middle ages, Goirdano Bruno at the Campo del Fiori. Now Italy is very proud of his legacy, but at that time they weren't too enthusiastic about his liberal ideas; after a long search they beheaded him because of his ideas. So... it was a good idea of the philosophers who came after him to be very cautious... Even in Amsterdam at that time, not everything was possible. Spinoza, the most radical philosopher of his time, even inscribed the portuguese word 'caute' (beware, watch out) printed into his weapon, and he was smart enough to let his most radical work (the ethics) be published after his death.... Okay, why was I telling you this? O yeah, I offered you to be your guide whenever you would come to Amsterdam... well this was a little foretaste ;) As regarding to the concept of philosophy. Actually the word 'sophia' means wisdom. But it is never a wisdom as in piling up 'knowledge'; wisdom in this sense means a constant 'amazement', as Plato called it; it is a love for the world we live in from a very naive point of view. I think I sent you a text by J. Krishnamurti once. He makes a great summary of what philosophy is. An amazement for the world around us, for nature, for the people that surround us, and of course for sexuality. Philosophy should be the love for everything, in short; for life. (so in the end you are right...) kiss, yes that sounds great. and by the way, you mentioned earlier that you planned to come to amsterdam one day… well, just to be sure, i’d like to offer you again to be your guide. Amsterdam is a nice city with a great liberal history. it is for no other reason that it was the haven for freethinkers in the seventeenth century; both descartes and spinoza (the two fathers of modern philosophy) lived
in amsterdam at that time, and other great philosophers (like Leibniz) published their books over there, because they were afraid to do that in their own country. I just came back from Rome, where one can see a great statue of the greatest Italian philosopher of the middle ages, Goirdano Bruno at the Campo del Fiori. Now Italy is very proud of his legacy, but at that time they weren’t too enthusiastic about his liberal ideas; after a long search they beheaded him because of his ideas. So… it was a good idea of the philosophers who came after him to be very cautious… Even in Amsterdam at that time, not everything was possible. Spinoza, the most radical philosopher of his time, even inscribed the portuguese word ‘caute’ (beware, watch out) printed into his weapon, and he was smart enough to let his most radical work (the ethics) be published after his death…. Okay, why was I telling you this? O yeah, I offered you to be your guide whenever you would come to Amsterdam… well this was a little foretaste ;)
As regarding to the concept of philosophy. Actually the word ‘sophia’ means wisdom. But it is never a wisdom as in piling up ‘knowledge’; wisdom in this sense means a constant ‘amazement’, as Plato called it; it is a love for the world we live in from a very naive point of view. I think I sent you a text by J. Krishnamurti once. He makes a great summary of what philosophy is. An amazement for the world around us, for nature, for the people that surround us, and of course for sexuality. Philosophy should be the love for everything, in short; for life. (so in the end you are right…)
kiss,

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