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Subject: New article by Oscar Brenifier
Brenifier argues in this article that philosophy is primarily a negative impulse, or rather it should be, to make us truly aware of ourselves and our own thinking. Philosophy—inspired by Socratic questioning and the cynics' propensity for shock and surprise—should always try to destabilise what common knowledge and general principles seek to establish. This is the only way to achieve genuine thinking based not just on idle imagination but on the reality principle.
The mythical medieval figure Nasruddin Hodja serves as an example of such negative philosophy or anti-philosophy. Nasruddin—with his vast repertoire of challenging retorts and human weaknesses—demonstrates that there are more effective ways to awake consciousness in a subject than by promoting traditional learning and objective information or indulging in pleasant conversation.
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The mythical medieval figure Nasruddin Hodja serves as an example of such negative philosophy or anti-philosophy. Nasruddin—with his vast repertoire of challenging retorts and human weaknesses—demonstrates that there are more effective ways to awake consciousness in a subject than by promoting traditional learning and objective information or indulging in pleasant conversation.
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Retention of strangeness is the only antidote to estrangement. T. W. Adorno