Why subscribe to any philosophy when all of it is ultimately

>Human reason, in one sphere of its cognition, is called upon to consider questions, which it cannot decline, as they are presented by its own nature, but which it cannot answer, as they transcend every faculty of the mind

>which it cannot decline

For me the joy of reading philosophy is to ask myself questions of things so epistemological fundamental that any world view would be frighteningly incomplete without addressing those questions.

Of course, one never fully answers those questions (most of the time, atleast hobbyists such as myself do not) but the striving TO answer those questions is the enjoyable bit, that quest to try and make sense of it all.

The only reward you get for digging so deep is a bigger shovel.

>>8609294
Same guy

>Why not drift through life with a casual indifference?
If you're the kind of person who enjoys philosophy, I would advise you not do this since you don't want to do this.

>>8609277
>>8609294
You guys should take the redpill. It anchors your philosophy and weltanschauung in facts, logic, and reason.

We're always looking for new members on the redpilled boards (you know where to find us)

>>8609302
Cringe

>ultimately flawed
It's better to not view philosophy as a collection of factual propositions.

You don't read philosophy to obtain knowledge, because much of it is outdated and necessarily unscientific.

I like to think of philosophy in it's verb form. It isn't a means of drawing conclusions but away to develop methods of drawing conclusions. That's how science developed from philosophy back in the 17th century.

>>8609302
How bout instead you suck a dick.

The whole red pill/ blue pill meme is the most simplistic dichotomous pleb level of thinking ever to appear in the history of mankind.

I can never tell if people are just being sarcastic when they mention it or if they actually believe such simpleminded things about how the world works.

>>8609302
You can't be serious

>>8609277
>Why subscribe to any philosophy when all of it is ultimately flawed?

Every philosophy is going to be flawed because in order to be or think anything there must be something that you are not, you must think is terms of opposition and contrast, it is not all encompassing. But the point, if there is one, is to be. To be or not to be, that is the question. Remember?

>>8609330
>>8609350
>>8609442
first day here? just fuck off, this site is not for you

>>8609504
okayya fuckin fanook

you can only subscribe to y our own philosophy

as such, it is in your own interest to develop your own philosophy to the degree you find it necessary

>Why not drift through life with a casual indifference?

I ask myself this all the time

around me, I see so many blind idiots - but they are happy, or at least indifferent to the misfortune of existence

is it worth it? I cannot know

>>8609544

>Socrates dissatisfied is happier than a pig satisfied

You should read Mill's Utilitarianism, particularly the part where he argues as to how ignorance is not bliss, I think that's chapter 2.

>>8609552

yes, I've read Mill

I've read quite extensively by this point desu

I still don't know whether it was all worth it

some days I'm happier doing nothing but sitting around and blazing it

>>8609302
lol

>subscribe
If you are blindly following any kind of philosophy, you're doing it wrong. Any philosophical school should be approached with a critical eye and absolute disrespect for authority and prestige. Ultimately, the goal of philosophy is to help you shape your perspective on life by providing you with 2500 years of collected human wisdom, so be grateful, you cunt.
>Why not drift through life with a casual indifference?
Thats a philosophy too. Why yes, though?

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>>8609277
You speak my language mate.