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 | A case named philosophy |  | The uselessness of philosophy is denounced by the not-philosophers,
but also by the philosophers themselves.
|  | The philosophy seen by the writers
When the philosophy appears in Greece in IV' century before J.C. with Socrate (470-399 before. J.C), it was already critised.
Aristophane (Greek comic author, 450-386 front. J.-C.), inthe Clouds (-423), makes fun of the philosopher which fall into a well by want to look at stars.
Since, which does not remember this scene ofthe Middle-class mangentleman of Molière (1622-1673) in which onesees a philosopher entering in scene while statingto teach this science without which "the life resembles to the death"?
It comes out from it covered from ridiculous suitedto have succeeded in only recalling how vowelsA are pronounced, E, I, O, U.
Quite as critical, Balzac (1799-1850) shows in Louis Lambert with which desincarnation small to lead the passion of the ideas.
Andinthe Research of the absolute,the portrait which it draws up ofBalthasar Claës seeking the philosopher stone is notthat of wise, but of a egdist plugged by hispassion.
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"Why you make
Stoical? Thus take
the name that your actions
ask and torne
not name which
convientpoint
and that you nefais that
to dishonour. Watch
me a man who
wants to conform
with the will of the gods,
who does not complain
never neither of the gods nor
men; who
soitjamaisfrustré
injury its desires, which
that is to say wounded anything, which
want neither, nor anger,
nijalousy, which injury
this mortal body
maintains a secrecy
trade with
the gods, and who wishes
depouiller the man
to become
a god "
Epictète
(Icentury ap. J.-C.),
Talks, II, 49.
| For the detractors
philosophy
this one suffers
of a deficit
of science,
of wisdom
and of life. |
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| | When the philosophers criticizephilosophy The philosophers, on their side, are not tender either.
Socrat makes fun of those which are claimed wise.
Saint Augustin (354-430) denounces pride consisting in wanting to build a purely humanwisdom.
As for Descartes (1596-1650), judging that the heritage of the scholastic * is confused, it declares necessary to make "close-cropped table" of the arguments of the philosophers and the theologists, in order to be able to reachthe truth in sciences.
Kant (1724-1804) will bequite as radical while regretting as philosophyis only one battle field where no progress was not carried out.
Lastly, Marx (1818-1883) will carry the final estocade by declaring that it is necessary to finish somewith philosophy.
Because, he inthe German Ideology will say:
"Until now, the philosophers did not make
that to interpret the world, it is a question from now on of transformingit "
| | Three relevant questions
Beyond their ironic character and polemic, allthese criticisms are relevant, because they raise three basic problems:
- Whereas the development of science,technology or medicine made tous.les.jours the proofof its effectiveness, that the philosophy of tangible bringsto the building of humanity?
This one does not suffer itfrom a deficit
of rationality?
It is what Gaston Bachelard( 1884-1962) underlined who regretted indeed thatphilosophy is not informed ofsciences so that it canin its turn informscience or a science. - Whereas the religion often brings to the men
consolation and hope, which consolation and quelleespérance can one find in philosophy to nourish itself some?
While becoming the revolted ready ones to change the world by violence, didn't the philosophers rather make rock philosophy in a deficit of wisdom which made the recent misfortune of the History, as underlined it Albert Camus (1913-1960) in the revolted Man, André Gluksmann inthe Masters thinkers and EmmanuelLévinas (1905-1995)? - Lastly, whereas a poem, a film, a walk inforest or the meeting with a friend make vibrate the existenceand open horizons, why is philosophyalso unpleasing?
Isn't it struck of a deficit oflife by be closed again itself, likewrote VladimirJankélévitch (1903-1985), who statedto have found much wisdom in the music?
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