Tuesday, April 12, 2011

...umm, what?

I was dreading whoever would eventually make philosophy sound confusing and, as we hadn't hit that person yet, I thought that we'd never hit them. I was wrong. Kant had to prove me wrong and decided to make everything sound far more complicated than it has to be.

As I was reading this, I found myself doing what I had to do with the first few philosophers we read: rereading sections. I also found myself trying to skim much faster, miss some important detail, and then have to go back and reread. There were also chunks of his writing that I could understand and felt great about, but then suddenly Kant decided that I understood too much and needed to word it more complicated. Thank you Kant.

for his ideas, what I could gather from this reading, was interesting and slightly amusing. I really enjoyed the contrast between science and art, which gave me a little boost to know that art was a skill one had to be born with and couldn't learn, like math or history. He then continues to explore the relationship between nature and art and how they differ, then continues on with more seemingly badmouthing science in comparison to art. It all made me smile a little bit to myself.

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