Philosophy

The concept of “Emotional Quotient (EQ)” as used nowadays, as a requisite for proper functioning in Society and the workplace, is a symptom of how man has been turned into a means for the very machines that he himself has built. The corporate psychologists say the sign of emotional maturity is that person is able … Read more

It has become increasingly difficult to hold decent constructive discussion with people. The reasons for this are many, but one particular reason irks me more than the others. Many people, in the middle of a discussion, will suddenly cut it short by saying, “Well it’s my point of view, and all points of view are … Read more

There are two ways of looking at the world. One view is where everything is scarce. The other, where there is enough for everyone. In the scarce view, all resources have to be fought for, and fighting for these resources becomes the main focal point of a person having this view. He will go on … Read more

A certain way of thinking prevails among a large number of us. I don’t know how many, but it is substantial. I will try to illustrate by means of an example. My colleague, in the newspaper business, tends to idealize, and submit emotionally to the two leading newspapers in the city. He talks of how … Read more

Perhaps the experience varies for others. Within myself, I have come to realize the following. The very phrase to “hold” a grudge, reveals that we, through our active effort, prevent the grudge from escaping. A certain pleasure, though not unmixed with pain is generated through the remembrance. Like the pleasure that arises from picking a … Read more

In recent conversations, I was confronted with, I confess an unexpected argument. Namely, that just like a living body contains something that a dead body does not (Consciousness), a dead body contains something that a living body does not. Therefore, what is so special about the extra thing possessed by the living body. This is … Read more

I have met some people, who look down on others who are unable to appreciate a certain work of art. They call them philistines and barbarians, like Cacofonix calls the Gauls. When this is said jokingly, and lightheartedly, then it’s just a joke, but when it’s meant seriously, it’s mean, and foolishly snobbish. Let’s take … Read more

The current state of science, economics, and business, has removed man from his pedestal. An average person feels helpless confronted by these giant impersonal forces. Science has had a bit of a negative role here. You see, a man of science thinks how small he is in comparison to the universe. We both know how … Read more