THIS IS NOT A PROVOCATIVE QUESTION!
Considering that the "giants" of #philosophy undoubtedly deserve study, don’t you think, however, that everything and more has already been written about the major philosophers, from antiquity to the present? Don’t you think that it is time to dedicate more attention to minor, less known, figures and begin to give them more space in the philosophical debate?
What is your opinion on this matter?
@krishnadeltoso @philosophy @historyofideas @indianphilosophy
Hmm.
If you perceive philosophy as a foundation on which ideas can be built, then you must start with the "giants", and then add your own idea. But philosophy is not like that. It's more like a soup with new ingredients occasionally being added. The soup slowly evolves, but the original ingredients remain.
Perhaps there's a compromise. If your aim is to taste the soup rather than add to it, then relationships among the ingredients is what you write about. If you want to add to the soup, you need to find new ideas and let someone else stir the soup.
@Late_Riser @philosophy @historyofideas @indianphilosophy this is really a lovely metaphor!!
You raise an interesting point. If I understand well (but please tell me if I'm wrong), if one is interested in discovering who added new ingredients and what new flavor these ingredients gave to the soup, then one should probably delve into the thoughts of the so-called "minor" thinkers (provided that one is already well acquainted with the so-called "major" thinkers).
Krishna Del Toso
Late Riser