A clearer example need not be looked for.
It is quite apparent, lying nestled within the world's most revered love story : Romeo and Juliet.
It is an epic tale of romance, tragedy, everlasting love and hubris.
A play enacted time and again, all around the world, in ever school, college, university, drama house and club.
People are fascinated by this play, like fireflies drawn to light.
But is it because of its abundance of meaning and philosophical monologues, because of the complexity of the storyline or simply because of it attention grabbing genre.
"What's in a name ? "
This was spoken by Juliet during her soliloquy at the Balcony overlooking the garden, while unaware of Romeo's presence.
I do not claim to be a philosopher, and declare my place among the sacred tribe of elite thinkers.
But neither am I, a part of the civilized opposition.
Those who have chosen to give not a care to such matters
I am a philosophical agnostic.
A believer being a philosopher and an atheist being a lay man.
Here, I humbly attempt to perceive either side of the line, "What's in a name ? " in the next post...
Friday, July 5, 2013
Sunday, June 30, 2013
The Lost Tribe.
Philosophers excel at Introspection.
They are the epitomes of serenity and thoughtfulness, bested only by the god men.
Raising questions that concern the heart of hearts and the soul of souls of the human race is their specialty. Raising questions the commoners deem, a waste of valuable time.
The world has evolved.
The race of the Philosophers, thinned.
Scorned upon.
Though it is not so now, the literature of the old era was peppered with philosophical extracts.
Was Shakespeare not one such individual, who, in the middle of a concrete story, posed such queries, that are still debated over by the sparse remnants of the philosophical community ?
Shakespeare was a gem, even among philosophers.
You see, philosophers generally ponder over numerous questions, but voice only those, that they are certain to have an answer to.
But the master of playacting was an exception.
He raised questions that were answered by himself. True. But he also left space for doubt. He granted his readers, the freedom of answering these questions in their own way.
He encouraged deeper, more meaningful thought.
Tbc...
They are the epitomes of serenity and thoughtfulness, bested only by the god men.
Raising questions that concern the heart of hearts and the soul of souls of the human race is their specialty. Raising questions the commoners deem, a waste of valuable time.
The world has evolved.
The race of the Philosophers, thinned.
Scorned upon.
Though it is not so now, the literature of the old era was peppered with philosophical extracts.
Was Shakespeare not one such individual, who, in the middle of a concrete story, posed such queries, that are still debated over by the sparse remnants of the philosophical community ?
Shakespeare was a gem, even among philosophers.
You see, philosophers generally ponder over numerous questions, but voice only those, that they are certain to have an answer to.
But the master of playacting was an exception.
He raised questions that were answered by himself. True. But he also left space for doubt. He granted his readers, the freedom of answering these questions in their own way.
He encouraged deeper, more meaningful thought.
Tbc...
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