Socialism' vs. 'Philosophy of Praxis'
'Orthodox Marxism' provided Social Democratic interpretation of Marxism as a theory of 'scientific socialism’. This version of Marxism was deterministic in two dimensions: the economic base determined the superstructure, and laws of history, rooted in the economy, determined the trajectory of all social life. This Orthodox Marxism was also scientistic.
of the 6th century BC with its concept of saṃsāra and karman. The saṃsāra (the Wheel of Birth and Death) is the eternal cycle of rebirth of every living creature. Karman (act) describes all that someone chose to do whether it is deeds, words or thoughts and is followed by a distinct reaction. Karman influences life and rebirth. Life and saṃsāra are full of sadness
Influence of Indian Philosophies
1) saṃsāra – Wheel of Birth and Death
rebirth of every living creature
2) karman – act
all that I chose to do: deeds, words, thoughts
each act follows a reaction; even for the next life
sadness, pain – suffering
seek for release
caste system
hierarchical social order
Siddhārtha Gautama
historical Buddh
Life
2000 The Consolations of Philosophy
2002 The Art of Travel
2004 Status Anxiety
2006 The Architecture of Happiness
2009 The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
2009 A Week at the Airport
This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that rarely gets mentioned directly: an anxiety about what others think of us; about whether we're judged a success or a failure, a winner or a lose
of the plays of Shakespeare has a "meaning," although it would be equally false to say that a play of Shakespeare is meaningless. All great poetry gives the illusion of a view oflife. When we enter into the world of Homer, or Sophocles, or Virgil, or Dante, or Shakespeare, we incline to believe that we are apprehending something that can be expressed intellectually; for every precise emotion t