1. How has your philosophy changed how you see the world?
2. Does your philosophy have and downsides?
3. Where did your philosophy come from?
I personally am a mix of three philosophers work.
1. Machiavelli: I mostly follow the Prince; however I also use parts of the Discourses on Livy and the Art of War. I find his realism refreshing and useful as I can find myself subconsciously looking for who holds the power and how to either gain that power or if I have it use it to gain my objective. I prefer to avoid fights and negotiate with people, but I do change or alter rules to help myself gain an advantage. I see the world as people all with goals of power, objectives, and alliances. This makes me seem rather anti-social as people can easily assume I only see people as a tool for my goals.
2. Sun Tzu: I use his work for when a conflict cannot be avoided. I tend to lean on his deception and planning sections harder than the other parts of his book. Strike where you are unexpected, if you are strong act weak, and so on. This can make people think of me as distant or simply surprise them when I carry on an intellectual conversation. This is because in a group of new friends I prefer to watch and learn people's way before I show myself. So I just make small talk if I talk at all.
3. John Stuart Mill: from his book On Liberty I take my outlook on human rights. You have the liberty to do what you want until you interfere with someone else?s right to do what they want. I have not encountered any real downside with this unless you count the contradictions that can come up between this and my other two philosophies for life.
In the end my philosophy on life is mostly based on conflict with the idea that if your wishes have no effect on me then I have no problem with them.
2. Does your philosophy have and downsides?
3. Where did your philosophy come from?
I personally am a mix of three philosophers work.
1. Machiavelli: I mostly follow the Prince; however I also use parts of the Discourses on Livy and the Art of War. I find his realism refreshing and useful as I can find myself subconsciously looking for who holds the power and how to either gain that power or if I have it use it to gain my objective. I prefer to avoid fights and negotiate with people, but I do change or alter rules to help myself gain an advantage. I see the world as people all with goals of power, objectives, and alliances. This makes me seem rather anti-social as people can easily assume I only see people as a tool for my goals.
2. Sun Tzu: I use his work for when a conflict cannot be avoided. I tend to lean on his deception and planning sections harder than the other parts of his book. Strike where you are unexpected, if you are strong act weak, and so on. This can make people think of me as distant or simply surprise them when I carry on an intellectual conversation. This is because in a group of new friends I prefer to watch and learn people's way before I show myself. So I just make small talk if I talk at all.
3. John Stuart Mill: from his book On Liberty I take my outlook on human rights. You have the liberty to do what you want until you interfere with someone else?s right to do what they want. I have not encountered any real downside with this unless you count the contradictions that can come up between this and my other two philosophies for life.
In the end my philosophy on life is mostly based on conflict with the idea that if your wishes have no effect on me then I have no problem with them.
