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Originally Posted by troutman
We live primarily shallow, virtual lives completely cut off from nature and reason.
I'm not sure about that (I did read that book). I don't know if stone age people have much time for philosophy, or wondering where they stand, when most of their energy must go to finding food, shelter, and getting laid. Not much leisure time (in comparison to us)?
You raise a good point. My father was raised on a dairy farm. He trapped beavers to get through university. He later became a top petroleum engineer. I think he might have had a happier life on a farm, but I think he would say he was happy with the life he chose.
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The natural life is pre-philosophy. One of the great questions of philosophy is whether or not it's even worth the trouble to philosophize. Seriously, I was being half-facetious. Civilization is better than the savage life. You read about the endemic violence and rape of these Stone Age worlds and you would have to be a fool to even consider them as an alternative to today.
I am serious in saying that we shouldn't discount other civilizational experiences.