Excerpt from Bergson and the Modern Spirit an Essay in Constructive Thought Thought lingers, and philosophy, which is essen tially a struggle to rise above one-sided ideas and to attain to juster and more comprehen sive views, is still regarded with distrust. On the other hand, it must be admitted that this situation is not due to mere perversity on the part of the people. There is some reason for their attitude. They see that what might be called the sporting theory of philosophy at present prevails. Philosophy is a game, ...
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Excerpt from Bergson and the Modern Spirit an Essay in Constructive Thought Thought lingers, and philosophy, which is essen tially a struggle to rise above one-sided ideas and to attain to juster and more comprehen sive views, is still regarded with distrust. On the other hand, it must be admitted that this situation is not due to mere perversity on the part of the people. There is some reason for their attitude. They see that what might be called the sporting theory of philosophy at present prevails. Philosophy is a game, car ried on by professionals and their pupils. One Of the leading professors Of the subject recently remarked that it is their business to teach those who are preparing to teach others, so that a lay philosopher is a rarity. Yet it is the lay men, the men and women who are meeting life's problems and carrying on the world's work, who have most need of philosophy. They Should find in noble views Of reality consola tion, strength, serenity, and an elevated joy. If, however, they look for help to current dis eussions, they find the issues minute and subtle and the language so technical that they cannot understand it. And, when they do get some glimpse of the nature Of the questions discussed by experts, they fail to see the relation Of the discussions to the great interests they have at heart. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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