"The Sophistic view of knowledge was exciting precisely because it celebrated human potential. If people can achieve knowledge only by attempting to discriminate rationally among the flawed input off their senses, -- they can achieve more than earlier societies were able to produce, in the areas of science, medicine, and the arts, for example."
Are we truly better fitted now, more so than our previous generations, to reach and complete certain, or all, goals and visions that have been long desired communally, as well as those that have recently come to light, or not?
I think that every "future" generation is going to be more likely to achieve their goals and dreams. As society evolves, members of a certain society are exposed to previous generations' mistakes and come across solutions that would correct those errors. We learn and grow from our past; eventually we will be able to come closer and closer to attaining our goals with that knowledge. I don't know when that will happen, but as an optimist, I like to think that it will.
ReplyDeleteI feel as though we a more-so better fitted now as opposed to previous generations due to our knowledge of history about said generations, but I also feel that future generations will be more better fitted than we are now due to how much insight our future generations will have on previous generations, including this one.
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