Paradoxes

[insanetimbo]

My work in disability support taught me about ironic paradoxes of the philosophy-practise divide. Philosophically, I'm opposed to practises which restrict the freedoms of a client to make meaningful decisions about their daily life. In practise, sometimes clients are lazy and need to be coerced, tricked or coaxed into doing exercise by any and all

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[curieuse]

I notice the incredible suggestability of the human species in this, and practically every event at the moment. The thing about arguing with smart people who disagree with you is that, as often as not, they win you over. I'm highly conscious that the saying "you are what you eat" operates in my academic and social diets as much as it does for food - I gravitate towards the ideas and outlooks of the people I read and associate with, with an alarming predictability. And as far as I can tell, most other people do too.

I know. It picks at me too, sometimes, and encourages me to remember whatever tenet I'm standing on, remember those magic words: I could change again. And be right to. Have you read Rilke's book Letters to a Young Poet?

[insanetimbo]

I could change again. I think i need that tattooed on my forehead..

hey no I haven't read Rilke. I'm up for something that'll inspire. Hey do you know any of Roland Barthes work? I read bits from Sade Fourier Loyola last year and loved him.

have a great week you

[curieuse]

plz plz plz plz plz read rilke. run, don't walk.

Thanks Joooles!

[insanetimbo]

It's on hold at the library :)

Not just me

[silly_not_funny]

great thoughts and they overlap some of the things running around in my head for the past couple of years. I am so glad to hear someone else say that their thoughts may be a concoction of all that they have heard. Whenever I write an essay I get to the end and realise that none of it is my own thinking. Also, I like where you are at with "truth". My own understanding is that on any one issue, there are many view points. Most of the time there is no right or wrong and yet people hold strongly to their position at the exclusion of others. The difficulty is discerning which issues need to be considered absolute (in their rightness/wrongness) and also whether you need to be the preacher of that truth or whether it is just personal revelation.

Re: Not just me

[insanetimbo]

Thanks dude. Nice to know someone else is thinking through this stuff too :)

[coopesdefoudre]

totally insightful and interesting, thanks.
'i could change again'. i love that. it's so true.