If we live only in a Stoic bubble are we actually doing philosophy? Are we truly Stoic?
How the World thinks - Julian Baggini
From the end of the introduction.
In the seventeenth century, Rene Descartes wrote in his Discourse on Method, “in my travelling, I learned that those who have views very different from our own are not therefore barbarians or savages, but that several use as much reason as we do, or more.”
I hope that no one today would be so amazed. However, one conclusion Descartes drew is still pertinent, that wherever we live “we are clearly persuaded more by custom and example than by any certain knowledge.” To travel around the world’s philosophies is an opportunity to challenge the beliefs and ways of thinking we take for granted. By gaining greater knowledge of how others think, we can become less certain of the knowledge we think we have, which is always the first step to greater understanding.
In the seventeenth century, Rene Descartes wrote in his Discourse on Method, “in my travelling, I learned that those who have views very different from our own are not therefore barbarians or savages, but that several use as much reason as we do, or more.”
I hope that no one today would be so amazed. However, one conclusion Descartes drew is still pertinent, that wherever we live “we are clearly persuaded more by custom and example than by any certain knowledge.” To travel around the world’s philosophies is an opportunity to challenge the beliefs and ways of thinking we take for granted. By gaining greater knowledge of how others think, we can become less certain of the knowledge we think we have, which is always the first step to greater understanding.
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