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This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of the philosophy of Jiddu Krishnamurti. Comparisons are made to typical Western tenets of philosophy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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attain a state that can rightly be called wisdom (the goal of the "philosopher"). However, this is not a universal consensus by any means. Indeed, certain philosophical traditions, such as
that espoused by thinker Jiddu Krishnamurti, place a negative value on thought as a means towards wisdom, and actively consider thought to be a detrimental force. This is clearly antithetical
to the traditional conception of thought and wisdom that dominates in Western culture, and as such warrants a careful examination. This paper will provide an overview of the philosophy of
Krishnamurti, particularly in regards to his atypical conceptions of thought, memory, experience, perception, and knowledge, and how these principles relate to the phenomenon of human suffering. This paragraph helps the
student introduce Krishnamurtis views on thought, fundamental to the rest of the paper. TO begin to understand the unusual philosophy of Krishnamurti, it is firstly necessary to understand his conception
of thought. In most all philosophical traditions, thought, as an active exercise of the faculty of reason, is instrumental to acquiring knowledge, and thus instrumental to attaining a state of
wisdom. However, in Krishnamurtis point of view, the validity of reason as a route towards wisdom is far from certain. Indeed, he questions the value of empiricism itself, stating that
one can "never have a total view of any object" (Nicoletti, 1994). Attaining a state of lucidity is not a matter of exercising reason, but rather adopting a "lack of
a subjective image" and exercising "no concentration of any type" (Nicoletti, 1994). This is in fact a total revision of the value of thought as "a mechanism which hinders awareness"
(Source 1). For Krishnamurti, thought is not a pure activity that can be pursued in any objective sense, but is rather "a collection of memories, knowledge, and experiences", and the
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