Some Thoughts on Philosophy
Philosophy is a field of study felt by some to be reserved for the intellectual and in fact to be somewhat superfluous, even unnecessary. Nothing could be further from the truth. I am speaking specifically of Objectivism in this discussion which encompasses the study of the following: A) metaphysics or objective reality, B) epistemology or reason, ethics and morality or rational self interest, C) politics or individual rights and capitalism, and D) aesthetics, or metaphysical value judgments as the most important in the broad field of study that is philosophy. The separate fields, while being distinctly separate, at the same time are interconnected and if properly understood and applied result in a belief system that is consistent and non contradictory in its parts. However important this should be to an individual, most hard working people are so busy they either do not have the time to devote to the discipline and deep contemplation required of philosophy, or they simply do ...