How can I become a philosopher, a mathematician and a writer of fiction?
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Ashiene
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I'm a writer and a philosopher, and the qualities you need are:
the ability to see beyond the normal,
to understand that much of who you are now is the result of society's influence on you and not because of what nature intended,
to learn how to organize your thoughts,
to have a great imagination and the courage to be different,
to not let censorship and society's propaganda restrict you from writing what you want, or being who you truly are,
to make full use of your dreams and nightmares to gain new inspiration,
to explore a wide range of philosophical topics and not be only limited to a few,
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take this famous account for example:
a man goes to sleep and dreams that he is a butterfly, then he wakes up, and he wonders: did i dream that i was a butterfly, or am i a butterfly that is now dreaming that he is a man?
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what is the nature of reality? how can the senses be trusted? they cannot, so one must give up all judgement on the nature of reality, and a great calm will travel through his mind, and he will understand that reality is a state of mind, a perception, a subjective experience, that reality does not truly exist.
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i hope this helps.
the ability to see beyond the normal,
to understand that much of who you are now is the result of society's influence on you and not because of what nature intended,
to learn how to organize your thoughts,
to have a great imagination and the courage to be different,
to not let censorship and society's propaganda restrict you from writing what you want, or being who you truly are,
to make full use of your dreams and nightmares to gain new inspiration,
to explore a wide range of philosophical topics and not be only limited to a few,
_______
take this famous account for example:
a man goes to sleep and dreams that he is a butterfly, then he wakes up, and he wonders: did i dream that i was a butterfly, or am i a butterfly that is now dreaming that he is a man?
_______
what is the nature of reality? how can the senses be trusted? they cannot, so one must give up all judgement on the nature of reality, and a great calm will travel through his mind, and he will understand that reality is a state of mind, a perception, a subjective experience, that reality does not truly exist.
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i hope this helps.
Ashiene
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btw, having a high IQ does not mean you qualify to be a writer, mathematican, philospher.
realise that IQ tests are based on the products of society (maths, language, etc) and not the true nature of the mind (imagination, creativity).
a highly intelligent person might write a story with the most powerful of words, but if he lacks the imagination, his story will be like a hollow shell which looks pretty on the outside, and empty on the inside.
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Decent IQ may be necessary but it's certainly nowhere near sufficient. Not everyone smart is good at the same things. It's an extremely rare person who manages those three talents at once. Great writers may be bad at math and vice versa. Albert Einstein couldn't write fiction.
Philosophy and fiction can be done together, perhaps, if you tend toward the more continental variety of philosophy where the focus is on the writing. Philosophy and math could go together if you take the analytic, formalistic approach. Fiction and math... well, I just don't see those together much.
At any rate, as with anything, what you can do is practice them.
Or, better yet, the ability to see the normal in a new light after working through the problems that made it seem like a mirage.
"Philosophy can be said to consist of three activities: to see the commonsense answer, to get yourself so deeply into the problem that the commonsense answer is unbearable, and to get from that situation back to the commonsense answer." - Wittgenstein
Philosophy and fiction can be done together, perhaps, if you tend toward the more continental variety of philosophy where the focus is on the writing. Philosophy and math could go together if you take the analytic, formalistic approach. Fiction and math... well, I just don't see those together much.
At any rate, as with anything, what you can do is practice them.
Or, better yet, the ability to see the normal in a new light after working through the problems that made it seem like a mirage.
"Philosophy can be said to consist of three activities: to see the commonsense answer, to get yourself so deeply into the problem that the commonsense answer is unbearable, and to get from that situation back to the commonsense answer." - Wittgenstein
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