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An Orthodox death of wisdom

Wisdom homes in a creature who
knows how to sense; either by reason or by appetite. There is no difference between a fool person and a beast, in fact, a beast knows his periled history more than a fool. Human being might claim themselves as a reasonable creature, but their pursuit of knowledge is even worse than a beast; since a beast has no sense of blind custom, instead their sensuality is a primary source to know what is good or bad for them. But the mankind, who is the champion of innate reason, is running after theological or parochial customs.  Customary or conventional morality is developed by a few for their advantages, but unfortunately these customs are blindly followed by the majority in the name of theological, or political morality. However, there is a difference between following what appears just and reasonable and what is received passively without applying any reason. Reason and sense are two sovereigns for any epistemological inquiry for a person, while reason is a gift of nature to the mankind unlike a beast, though, mankind is responsible for its depletions. More you blow with emotions your reason sleeps, and once your emotions lead to arrogance reason wither away forever. Reason is nothing but the sixth sense of a person what is lacking in a beast, but a beast is a better empiricist than a person. At least, they observe better than us in case of probable danger knocks the door.
Our source of wisdom is based upon heresy materials; those sources are far away from our perceptibility through senses, running against reasonable analysis of a human’s mind, though opinions are formed as if no other opinion could stand against its truthfulness. Self-claimed infallibility is the most fallacious thought, damaged the credibility of humankind as the novel creature. In fact, mankind is the biggest offender of liberty; be it animals, or weak members of mankind’s community, wicked persons know how to manipulate the freedom of other weak creatures. As Swami Vivekananda rightly says “strength is a life and weakness is a death.” It is the death of reason which weakens the mankind, however other animals are considered weak or strong by their physical strengths. Here we need to ask that who the biggest killer of the mankind’s strength is? It is none other than those professional liars who cultivate the myth for the sake of their own advantages, for them, cultivation of a truth is a deprivation of their source of authority. Their wisdom is unparalleled and unquestionable. Interestingly, majority follows what blows from so called higher sources; a half-truth of few is represented as a gospel truth of the whole society, and minority voices are crucified as if they are treacherous and adulterous, though their sense of wisdom is capable to silence the whole mankind. Socrates was persecuted for his views what were called immoral and irreligious views. Majority was blowing with the pathos of Sophists though Socrates was one voice, gritty and fearless. He died for the sake of sacred truth. No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead (J.S. Mill, On Liberty, 1859). Socrates did follow his reason instead of overflow of pathos. Even Gandhi did value experimentations with truth instead of preaching what he does not believe (Akeel Bilgrami, Gandhi, the Philosopher, 2003). There is nothing called absolute truth; it passes through various thesis and its legitimatisation as a truth appears only when contrary arguments die in front of it (J.S. Mill, On Liberty, 1859). Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think (J.S. Mill, On Liberty, 1859). Why do we fear to stand against orthodoxy? Are we loosing courage day by day? Or is it orthodoxy killing common sense of a man, depleting reason of us, and our courage is succumbing to death? It is unorthodoxy in thinking that could show sunlight to the prisoners of platonic cave, so that, the beauty of this universe could be realized, myths could be unravelled, and perpetual peace could be achieved for the betterment of mankind.

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