Although it has been around for many centuries and was one of the highest arts of ancient Greek scholars, in recent years disciplines such as philosophy have come under attack due to their use for the modern man, or for that matter, the students of today. In his provoking essay “The Usefulness of the Useless” the author Nuccio Ordine, a professor for literature at the University of Calabria, states that especially today it has become increasingly challenging for some to understand the use of a poem, a piece of art, or for that matter, a philosophical argument when compared to the practicality of tools. However, while the point certainly has some value, the “usefulness” (for lack of a better word) in philosophy lies much deeper and cannot be defined directly, since most authors and scholars of the field go into much detail, analyzing hidden meanings and layers below the surface,...
- 2/5/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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