#philosophy studies

[seraphim-viktorious]

Reverent: An Anthology of Divinity

Finally, the anthology release is soon! This is the first published work I'm featuring in, and I am so very proud of it. Each piece in this anthology was written with so much passion and love, and I truly cannot talk enough about my talented co-contributors!!

Preorder links: https://books2read.com/reverent + https://ko-fi.com/s/8368bfde1d

Physical copies available upon release!

[psicomma]

So I went at this interview for a job I randomly applied for a few days ago, and as it started the lady normally asked what was my occupation in life. So I normally responded I was a student in philosophy, but then she asked : "What are your plans?"... "Uh... Graduation?" But then she insisted "No, I mean your plans for the future, what are you planning to do with those studies?" So I was like "Man, I have no idea, I'm just studying a subject because I'm interested and I think knowledge is important." She looked at me with a deeply sorry look and said "You might wanna make up your mind quickly. The professional world is out there waiting for you. People who study for 7, 8, 9 years don't get a job." And I felt personally attacked. I'm sure this good lady had some commonsense and knew that it's a necessity to study for a decade or so to become a lawyer or a physician. But she was clearly implying that philosophy would never put a roof over my head. The more I think about what she said, the more I am proud to be a philosophy student though. It is a forgotten science, deeply misunderstood and despised. Like most fields in humanities, philosophy is looked down, and judged useless, and I could feel all that contempt in the manager's remark.

I am aware that philosophy is a discipline traditionally suitable to aristocracy historically speaking, and even nowadays you can't talk about philosophy in a mundane conversation without being automatically labelled as a snob. It actually makes sense when you think about it, cause philosophy is all about meditating and asking the right questions and this requires a certain idleness that can't be achieved when you're busy working 9 to 5. I know some people may think I'm wasting my time studying, that I'm "late", that I'd better get a job that pays ASAP but the more time flies, the more I have trouble visualizing "getting a job" as an actual purpose.

So I smiled and said I was interested in eventually becoming a teacher, which is a lie I tell everyone who ask me that question, and also to myself. I'm not repelled by the idea of teaching someday ; I mean why tf not? Philosophical knowledge needs to be carried on, and we need philo teachers. I admire those guys, they're legit superheroes to me. I just don't feel like I'm caring and nurturing enough to become a good teacher.

What's the big deal after all ? In my uni there's was that grandpa who attended general philosophy lectures and Russian classes with the brighty smile on his face, I saw middle aged men, women with children attending a class about Plato's theory of Ideas and man, this was fuckin beautiful. I mean who says it's too late to go to school? Who says it's too late to learn new things? Who says it's too late to start over ? Who says it's too late to achieve something? Sometimes I think I'll probably spend my life in school, because there are so many things I don't know about yet.

It's a cold cold world, but I don't mind being judged for being curious, and I don't mind that curiosity being mistaken for laziness. I don't blame that lady from the interview, at best I blame society for conveying such thoughts inside people's minds. After all she's not exactly wrong ; I wouldn't have chosen philosophy if I wanted to become rich.

....In the meantime though; I got to validate my year, AND I got the job.

[studny]

Are you a philosophyblr?

If you are please like or reblog so I can follow you . I'm looking at doing some studies of my own in philosophy to prepare my for university . I would like to see what ideas you have or theorists you have so I can be influenced . So REBLOG or LIKE If you're a philosophyblr

[seraphim-viktorious]

Listened through every episode of Deviser by Harlan Guthrie (@malevolentcast) today...

As I have just started a Commonplace Book - to store quotes, themes, and ideas from the content I consume - there was a lot to use from Deviser. I tried my best, however, only used two exchanges from the finale, as they particularly stood out to me.

In terms of the content I gravitate towards, Deviser certainly addressed a philosophical contemplation of human nature. I was especially inspired by the mechanist theory it subtextually addressed.

A quote from my current course in my Philosophy Major came to mind, following my listening:

"But, in truth, who would want heavier [causes] than the eternal laws of nature? Perhaps that they come from some mind? But from which mind? Immediately from God? Why, therefore, do they sometimes make monsters? Of from a most wise Nature, which would not have originated except for the dispensation of human thought?"

(AT 11: 524)

As no one structure is supposed to exist or be a certain way, no one structure provides a standard by which to judge others. Thus, there can be no such thing as 'monsters' (defects in nature).

But what of creation?

When humanity is made by that imitation of ourselves, of machine, are we still automata?

Created by a being with some expectation of standard and purpose, in that case, it implies that monsters can exist. In the case of Deviser, humanity exists with purpose. To 'Dad', we have a purpose for imitation of the original creation. And in failing to truly do so, we are to our creator truly monsters. Yet, he is just as incapable of achieving that humanity as we are.

Then, too, if we are to consider the philosophical conception of God as the creator, I wonder if we can consider Him also incapable of that humanity? Or, is humanity simply an imitation of Him. Does that somewhat dilute our understanding and separation of ourselves (mankind) from 'The Other'?

Once again, Harlan Guthrie has created a media that makes me question our conception of humanity. In the case of Deviser, I question this separation of automaton and machine: of mankind and a creator.

I might spend this evening going insane.

[seraphim-viktorious]

introduction

// about me

Viktor E. Grace Lang [They/Them]

Greetings, I'm Viktor - a university student in the humanities discipline studying Philosophy, Latin, and Religious Studies with the intention of becoming an academic.

overview of me:

Poet | Singer | Traditional Artist

AuDHD | POTS

Trans Non-Binary | AroAce | Lesbian

Probably an angel trapped in human form

I am hoping to get more into creative writing eventually, as I dearly adore writing - university simply takes up a lot of time

My Linktree!

[rileyandrogyne]

keep writing protagoras as pythagorus and it’s actually annoying me.

[theenlightenedballerina]

Key Thinking

Leaving the Versaille and then seeing the surrounding villages which are poorly kept and slowly starving, is a complete eye opener for how the King is ruling the country. Rumors of the Queen’s hidden storage of grain has created more and more issues for the crown. I’m traveling back to Paris tonight, but as we left Versaille, the tensions within the palace were becoming overwhelming. I overheard talks of the National Assembly’s proposition to the people and against the King through a document they planned to release soon. From what I’ve heard, the document has outraged the King so much that he has dismissed the Assembly as a whole. Apparently, they are seeking a different means of completing the agreement.  Through the chaos that ensued, I took time to look for more information on  Émilie Du Châtelet, trying my best to locate as much information as I could to take on the journey home. According to my sources, she is a translator for the great scientist Isaac Newton and is in correspondence with both Voltaire and the current King of Prussia. Can you believe? A woman in philosophy being recognized scientifically and politically. I can’t help to admit that I’ve always found a fascination in science and never thought that I’d be able to have a moment and question the current philosophy of our society. I’ve also taken the liberty of reading into Catherine the Great and what she is doing for her people to better her society. I can’t even put into words how more progress they have made within a small amount of time compared to us have been. I am grateful for the education I have received which allows me to be able to read their correspondence on my own and now, make my own opinions on it. 

I also allow myself to look into the writings of the philosophers of our times more. I anxiously await the National Assembly’s new declaration, but fear for the future of this country. 

[lightstudiess]

Person in any platonic dialogue ever: “Just what are you talking about Socrates!!”

Me: he’s just like me fr