Historical thinkers, belief, knowledge, understanding, the universe and everything else, education, absurd humour, self appraisal, Noddy, Aristotle,
Throughout history there have been numerous great thinkers. Confucius, Aristotle, Socrates, Gandhi, Eccles, Noddy, Alfred E Newman... er yes, well no need to list them all, as any average smarty-pants will know who I mean. What these folk had in common was a need to know and understand themselves and the world they inhabited, and they left their thoughts behind after they croaked.
We are born into a culture we have neither choice of, or influence in. As children we believe what we are told to believe by that culture, the state, institutions, dominant religion, societal and social structures and by our family. Instruction in and knowledge of this inherited belief is unavoidable, and as we are unable to make comparisons or critical assessments we accept this information without a need for any understanding.
As adults however, what at do we really think? Do we have any understanding about the core of our belief – if we have one worth considering? Well, while this is a serious subject, doing any literary justice means I must take a rather flippant approach in my search for ‘the original mind’. Fundamentalists beware; turn the other cheek... Nope, on second thoughts keep your pants on.