Philosophy

does not mean people are not trying like hell to live it. In my book; most people are moralists which is the high point of philosophy any way. People suffer some bumps and bruises every day of their lives, and I think very few take that as reason to pass their pain along. Every child in his first experience of loss and death learns of the unfairness of life. How many become with that wisdom the masters of misery and unfairness?

I do not doubt that people some time live seething, and in rage, waiting only for some one to finish tipping them off their edge; but still they wait, and this waiting is a moral act even when it seems purely passive. So I think most of us are moral and moralists. I think that all children are philosophers and this fact is neglected so that most children resort to religion, or gather about themselves aphorisms as a small p Philosophy. I try to teach my eldest granddaughter Philosophy, and if she knows what I know she will quickly surpass me because she is sharp.

Thanks...Sweeney