Natural of Human philosophy

A philosophy is a natural product of the intellect. Every human has a philosophy by which it lives, an intellectual declaration of a personal relationship with all other life, a statement of expectations and obligations, a pronouncement of self. That philosophy furnishes the very basis for personal behavior, and it establishes the value of a human to itself and all other life.

Early humans used spiritual guidance. Every tribe had its own version. Primitive tribal philosophers premised supernatural beings who demanded certain behaviors and promised swift and severe punishment for infractions. Later philosophers premised their ilk as superior beings who had the ability to create truth from within their own minds. Such philosophers, though many were intellectually gifted, forsook reality, believing the human mind can transcend observation. They created philosophy through their own conjecture and imagination, building great intellectual castles on highly questionable foundations. Most modern philosophers synthesize their philosophy from the tenets of their elitist ideology (PC).

World Philosophy Day, 20 November 2008

World Philosophy Day, 20 November 2008

Annual celebration of philosophy initiated by UNESCO in 2005, the 2008 edition of World Philosophy Day took place in honour of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights. Italy was the host country of the international celebration, held in Palermo, on 20 and 21 November. Numerous other initiatives took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and in over 80 countries around the world.

Annual philosophy event instituted by UNESCO, World Philosophy Day takes increasingly deeper roots both in the academic and public spheres. With the constant objective of making philosophy accessible to all, this key international philosophy event inaugurates more and more spaces for reflection, debate and fruitful exchange.

Philosophy Humor

Theories of humor are attempts to explain what causes people to perceive humor in things, events or texts. A closely related topic is the theories of laughter.

The superiority theory of humor traces back to Plato and Aristotle, and Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan. This theory explains that a person laughs about misfortunes of others, because these misfortunes assert the person's superiority on the background of shortcomings of others.For Aristotle, we laugh at inferior or ugly individuals, because we feel a joy at being superior to them.Socrates was reported by Plato as saying that the ridiculous was characterized by a display of self-ignorance.

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