Sunday, 19 October 2014
Saturday, 18 October 2014
FW: BERTRAND RUSSEL PHILOSPHY FOR LAYMEN
Philosophy for Laymen
I was doing research in Chemistry for my PhD at the University of London when Bertrand Russell was alive and used to give lecture on Philosophy in different colleges. I had great passion for Philosophy and was great admirer of Bertrand Russell . This essay is from his book called UNPOPULAR ESSAYS .
These essays were meant to combat the growth of dogmatism , whether of the right, or of the left, He called this book UNPOPULAR ESSAY because he thought some sentences in the book will not be understood by many ( he said unusually stupid children of the age of 10 )
That being the reason , he said the book will not be popular , that’s being so Essay will be unpopular. Surprisingly the book became very popular.
This essay – Philosophy for Layman is one of the essay from this book
The Need of Teaching Philosophy to People
In this essay, Russell explains very briefly the uses of philosophy. Philosophy, he says, means a love of wisdom. Philosophy in this sense is what people must acquire if the new technical powers achieved by man are not to plunge mankind into the greatest conceivable disaster. However, the philosophy which the ordinary people should be taught is not the same thing as the philosophy of specialists.
The Theoretical Function of Philosophy
Philosophy has always had two different objects: to arrive at a theoretical understanding of the structure of the world; and to discover and propagate the best possible way of life. Philosophy has thus been closely related to science on the one hand and to religion on the other. On its theoretical side philosophy partly consists in the framing of large general hypotheses which science is not yet in a position to test. (When it becomes possible to test such hypotheses they become part of science, and no longer belong to philosophy,) There are a number of purely theoretical questions, of everlasting interest, which science is unable to answer at present. Do we survive after death? Can mind dominate matter, or does matter completely dominate mind? Does this universe have a purpose, or is it driven by blind necessity? To keep alive the interest in such questions is one of the functions of philosophy.
The Practical Aspect of Philosophy
On its practical side, philosophy can greatly increase a man’s value as a human being and as a citizen. It can give a habit of exact and careful thought. It can give an impressive breadth and scope to the conception of the aims of life. It can give to the individual a correct estimate of himself in relation to society, and of man in the present to man in the past and in the future. It can offer a cure, or at least a palliative, for the anxieties and the anguish which afflict mankind at present.
Thursday, 18 September 2014
FARMAN-E-KHUDA ( ORDER OF GOD )
Uttho Mere Duniya Ke Gareebon Ko Jaga Do!!
Kaakh-e-Umra Ke Dar-o-Deewaar Hila Do!!
Rise up and awaken the poor of My world!
Shake the doors & walls of the mansions of the great
Garmao Ghulaamon Ka Lahoo Soz-e-Yakeen Se;
Kunjishk Ke Firomaya Ko Shaheen Se Lada Do!!
Heat the blood of slaves with the burn of complete Faith.
Level the humbleness of the Sparrow with the fearless Falcon.
Sultani-e-Jamhoor Ka Aata Hai Zamaana;
Jo Naqsh-e-Kohan Tumko Nazar Aaye Mita Do!!
The reign of the Kingdom of Democracy is coming.
Remove any sign of archaism (old kind of system) you come across.
Jis Khet Se Dehkaan Ko Muyassar Nahi Rozi;
Uss Khet Ke Har Koshah-e-Gandum Ko Jala Do!!
The field which doesn't yield a livelihood to farmers;
Burn every stack of wheat from that field.
Kyun Khaaliq-o-Makhlooq Mein Haayal Rahen Parde?
Peeran-e-Kaleesa Ko Kaleesa Se Utha Do!!
Why should there be veils between the Creator & His creations?
Remove all the intermediary priests from the worship places.
Haq Ra Ba-Sajoode, Sanaman Ra Ba-Tawaafe
Behtar Hai, Charagh-e-Haram-o-Dair Bujha Do!!
For Truth you do prostration, for idols you do circumambuluation.It is better to remove light from all the holy places.
Main Na-Khush-o-Bezaar Hoon Mar Mar Ki Silon Se;
Mere Liye Mitti Ke Haram Aur Bana Do!!
I am unhappy and dissatisfied with slabs of marble;
Build another 'Haram' (Kaaba) out of 'mud' for me!
Tehzeeb-e-Navi Kaargah-e-Sheesha Garaan Hai
Aadaab-e-Junoon Shayar-e-Mashriq Ko Sikha Do!!
Sunday, 14 September 2014
Friday, 12 September 2014
Thursday, 11 September 2014
FW: OLIVER CROMWELL SPEECH TO SACK BRITISH PARLIMENT IN APRIL 1653 AND HIS MISTAKE -WHAT A SIMILARIY OF TODAY PAKISTAN
Oliver Cromwell Speech sacking Mother of all Parliament on 20th April 1653 .
· If one reads word –by –word what Oliver Cromwell said in the British Parliament in year 1653 , then look , listen about the corruption , misdeed of Pakistan present day politicians , you will find nothing have changed '
· Oliver Cromwell made a serious mistake , he did not destroyed landed gentry / ruling class before sacking the parliament .
· After his death Oliver Cromwell dead body was taken out from his grave and hanged after trial .
· In Pakistan today the politicians are exactly same as the politician of England in year 1653 . If any Pakistani military or political leader wants to bring about socio-economic –political –electoral reform , he needs to completely destroy current ruling elite , otherwise the fate of military or political leader who dares to bring reform will face the same fate as that of Oliver Cromwell faced after his death .
" Oliver Cromwell's Speech"-April 20, 1653-- what a similarity ?
It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice.
Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government.
Ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.
Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess?
Ye have no more religion than my horse. Gold is your God. Which of you have not bartered your conscience for bribes? Is there a man amongst you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth?
Ye sordid prostitutes have you not defiled this sacred place, and turned the Lord's temple into a den of thieves, by your immoral principles and wicked practices?
Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation. You were deputed here by the people to get grievances redressed, are yourselves become the greatest grievance.
Your country therefore calls upon me to cleanse this Augean stable, by putting a final period to your iniquitous proceedings in this House; and which by God's help, and the strength he has given me, I am now come to do.
I command ye therefore, upon the peril of your lives, to depart immediately out of this place.
Go, get you out! Make haste! Ye venal slaves be gone! So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors.
In the name of God, go!