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Rosa Damascena’s You are a philosopher

You are a philosopher

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Have you ever wondered
Looking at the world
Looking in your mind
Have you ever wondered
You are a philosopher
What goes through your mind?
Have you ever wondered...

How do I live, knowing that I don't know most things?

How do I live with uncertainty and doubts?
How can I question my own certainties and assumptions?
How can I change my mind?

What is reality?
How do I find out or decide what is real?

How can I confirm or disprove a hypothesis?
How can I recognise and avoid fallacies?
How can I reason and draw conclusions?

What have I not questioned yet?
Is there anything not worth questioning?
Why?

What is time?
What is space?
What is matter?

How do I observe?
How do I remember?
How do I think?

How do I increase knowledge and adapt it to new input?
Is asking questions a worthwhile way of spending one's time?
Is reflection a worthwhile way of spending one's time?
Is increasing knowledge a worthwhile way of spending one's time?
Compared to what? In which relation to other activities? At what cost?

How would I perceive the world if I had fewer senses?
How would I perceive the world if I had more senses, like some of the senses animals have?

How do I account for my senses affecting my thoughts?
How do I account for my body affecting my thoughts?
How do I account for my emotions affecting my thoughts?
How do I account for my memories affecting my thoughts?

Can I understand what others mean?
How can I understand others?
Can I empathise with another person?
Can I try to see the world through another person's eyes?
What is a person?

How can I be truthful?
How can I distinguish truth from pretexts, lip service, hypocrisy, wishful thinking, lies?

Where do values come from?
How do I value something occurring in the natural world?
How do I value something created by humans?

Which intention is behind this action?
Which intention is behind this assertion?
What are the consequences of this action?
What are the consequences of this assertion?
Which action does this thought lead to? Is this consequence good?

How can we coexist?
Who do I coexist with?
Who else do I coexist with? Have I forgotten anyone?

What is communication? How does it work?
What is cooperation? How does it work?
What is intent? How does it work?
What is legitimacy? How does it work?
What is justice? How does it work?

What's good for me is good for you - or is it?
When are different wants genuine? When are they a mere pretext?

What do I want to do in my life?
What do I call a good life?
Who lives a good life? How are they doing it? How can I do it too?

How do I bridge the gap between thinking something is good, and doing it?
How do I bridge the gap between thinking something is not good, and not doing it?

If I ask a question, who and what is asking?
When should we try to remember?
When is it fine to forget?

How do we live, knowing that we all will die?
How do I live, knowing I will die?

How do I think, knowing it will all soon be forgotten?
When do I give thinking a rest - and do something else?
This moment is now.

How do I live a good life?

What goes through your mind?

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