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Irony is the way Kierkegaard loved Socrates because he was the supreme ironist. Socrates used irony in a way different from those before him; it was a way to "sort out" real wisdom from fake. For Kierkegaard, Socratic philosophy is "ironic" or negative philosophy.…
Socratic philosophy has a very clear advantage by the means of 'cleaning our minds' of old, unexamined concepts and clearing the way for new, fresh ones.
But the flip side of this is yet a very clear disadvantage, that is: it's a destructive—negative—philosophy that, although it clears the mental landscape of old concepts and beliefs so that new ones can be established, it still does not create new values and concepts, thus leaving behind an emptiness, and an ignorance. This explains the famous words “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.” Socrates' own wisdom was his ignorance and negation. This might be one reason why Nietzsche disliked Socrates: because the ultimate conclusion of the Socratic method is nihilism (the criticism and eventual disbelief in all and every value).
Kierkegaard calls the socratic method "irony." And in this context he says that "irony is not the truth, but the way." He means that irony (the way Socrates destroys old values) is not the truth. It's only a way to the truth, since you can't establish new values without getting rid of the old.
Yet Kierkegaard warns us against a certain type of irony which he calls "irony in the eminent sense," where one uses irony merely as a wrecking ball that topples and shatters everything for the sake of toppling and shattering. He calls it "the infinite absolute negativity."
But the flip side of this is yet a very clear disadvantage, that is: it's a destructive—negative—philosophy that, although it clears the mental landscape of old concepts and beliefs so that new ones can be established, it still does not create new values and concepts, thus leaving behind an emptiness, and an ignorance. This explains the famous words “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.” Socrates' own wisdom was his ignorance and negation. This might be one reason why Nietzsche disliked Socrates: because the ultimate conclusion of the Socratic method is nihilism (the criticism and eventual disbelief in all and every value).
Kierkegaard calls the socratic method "irony." And in this context he says that "irony is not the truth, but the way." He means that irony (the way Socrates destroys old values) is not the truth. It's only a way to the truth, since you can't establish new values without getting rid of the old.
Yet Kierkegaard warns us against a certain type of irony which he calls "irony in the eminent sense," where one uses irony merely as a wrecking ball that topples and shatters everything for the sake of toppling and shattering. He calls it "the infinite absolute negativity."
Kierkegaard can rightfully be called the philosopher of laughter and irony.
When I opened my eyes and saw the real world, I began to laugh and I haven’t stopped since.
— Soren Kierkegaard
— Soren Kierkegaard
Doubt is creative if it is answered by deeds, and so is neurosis if it exonerates itself as having been a phase.
- Carl Jung
- Carl Jung
Forwarded from Haidar A. Fahad
Did I just find the perfect mix of a language?
اللغة أُصولها عربية من لما العرب المسلمين احتلوا جزيرة مالطا Malta بنص البحر المتوسط. بعدين احتلوها مزيج من الأوروبيين وانضافت للغة (ذات الأُصول العربية) كلمات هواي إيطالية. وراها بريطانيا احتلتها وضافوا رشة صغيرة انكليزي
كلمة "وردة" مثلًا بيها مرادفتين، الأولى أُصولها عربية والثانية إيطالية: Zahra & Fjura
*الـ j ينلفظ e مثل الألماني*
*الـ j ينلفظ e مثل الألماني*
It's perfectly poetic, a mix of Arabic and Italian, what more can you ask for?
يكلك أنّ قيصر روسيا نيكولاس الثاني وعائلته جانوا معروفين بحبهم للتصوير وأخذ السيلفيات