About this episode
Fast paced life has made people’s minds prejudicial towards philosophy, which people see as “all theory” with little or no significance in real life. This line of thinking is also an outcome of the flawed ways of acquiring knowledge. The propaganda that flows in through various media tries to show knowledge in such a simplistic way that theory behind an idea seems irrelevant and unnecessary. The idea that emerges in the mind, and you the reader are a victim of it as well, is that “theoretical” means “visionary” or even “mystical” which is again understood as “inapplicable to practical life” or “utopian”. I have personally come across hundreds of occasion where people who are otherwise considered well “read” have commented that most of what I say is “theoretical” meaning “impractical”. “Practical” in such a setting is understood as “something that works”. What is forgotten in such a line of thinking is that all action is preceded by some sort of thought – that a will emerges first and then the action.
Recommended Reading: https://www.sullkaak.com/2021/07/how-to-read-a-book/
