RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil?
February 18, 2017 at 11:33 am
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2017 at 1:01 pm by Won2blv.)
(February 18, 2017 at 2:15 am)Aoi Magi Wrote:(February 18, 2017 at 1:45 am)Won2blv Wrote: Do you get what I am saying? I am not talking about true or false. I am simply saying, sometimes people have false beliefs that they feel are justified, right or wrong. Whenever anyone comes to a conclusion and believes they know everything there is to know, they make more and more unjustified predictions. So, I'm talking about a subjective knowledge and you are talking about an objective one. The problem is that people can subjectively decide that their knowledge is objective, making it an absolute truth.
but with the OP title in mind, those who decide what they know is absolutely true and end up clinging to false assumptions are doing so due to a lack of knowledge. So, knowledge isn't the root of all evil. That's all I am saying.
So we agree basically?
I am making the argument that we should think and reason, but never with the idea that we can truly know anything. Like for example, you know that the sky is blue. But if you woke up one day it was orange, you would have a number of options. More than likely, you would assume that there was either a physical change or something in your mind. You would not just simply say, I know the sky is blue, so it is still blue. You most certainly wouldn't say, "I am sad today, and that is why the sky is orange" You would be open to the fact that something you once knew to be true and knowledge is not knowledge anymore.