Here's another old piece I'm reposting in my blog.
What is history? Is it merely a random collective series of events? Is it merely a set of inexplicable events outside of our extremely limited influence; essentially powerless to the occurrences that exist out side of us?
What if, life isn’t simply a repetitive blur, an inevitable natural progression across a timeline, rather its your action or inaction that determines your life?
It is action that drives the world. People making active choices truly define the composition of history. Then what role does philosophy possess in the grand scheme of what comprises history? Is all this pondering is relatively meaningless?
Revolutionary thinkers change the basic concepts upon which philosophy originates. For in which history has been defined example, Carl Marx fundamentally changed our perception of what ideal government is. Marx's ideas were brilliant theoretically, and ideally if society could feasibly function with a semblance of selflessness, it would truly be ideal.
In hindsight, in the actual application of Marxism, it is revealed that it is impractical, not realistic. However, it is the active choice to implement it in human society in which it is revealed to be impractical.
It is action in which the course of history is perpetuated.
Free will, or the idea of choice versus the concept of pre-determinism is in reality a nonissue. It is the very fact that action will occur, in which history is continually driven forward, though not necessarily upward.
If there’s no action, the sole mechanism by which things get done, the world simply remains the same and unchanging. The mechanism, in the case of world history being the revolution and the people behind it, is what drives change and ultimately is why things are the way they are.
In a Platonic optimistic viewpoint upon this discussion, perhaps it is the thought provoking, intelligent discourse that inspires greater action truly defines the bedrock of what history consists of. Rash impulsive actions can have repercussions lasting far beyond their lack of contemplation. However, the root of what history originates from; goes beyond mere instinctual action, but a series of contemplated revolutionary actions.
This is my foray into serious contemplation of philosophy, Mind you, this is the product of severe insomnia.
Keys
12 years ago
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