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Former professor of philosophy at Michigan University, and father of eco-philosophy Henryk Skolimowski, would have turned 88 today had he not passed away in Poland on April 6. But he has left behind a rich legacy of practical wisdom. He challenged analytical philosophy, and gave philosophy a practical and creative dimension so it could be practised on the ground.
Skolimowski’s philosophy emerged two years after the historical 1972 Stockholm Conference on Environment and Development and a decade after Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ that roused our consciousness to become aware of the deadly consequences of using toxic pesticides. Presenting his concept of eco-philosophy in 1974, Skolimowski sent to people a constructive message of alternative living. His eco-philosophy reinvents our relationship with nature and self. The proposed solutions are not utopian, but truly practical.
Skolimowski’s philosophy emerged two years after the historical 1972 Stockholm Conference on Environment and Development and a decade after Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ that roused our consciousness to become aware of the deadly consequences of using toxic pesticides. Presenting his concept of eco-philosophy in 1974, Skolimowski sent to people a constructive message of alternative living. His eco-philosophy reinvents our relationship with nature and self. The proposed solutions are not utopian, but truly practical.
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Eco-philosophy is not just another kind of philosophy. It is to refine and adopt an art of living in sync with the environment, promoting ethical living.
Skolimowskian philosophy teaches us to comply with the laws of evolution. Defiance of evolution reduces us, and diffuses our creative potential. If socio-cultural and political institutions like families, religions and governments are not conscious enough and are not evolutionary in nature, those being nurtured in the shadows of these systems remain intellectual dwarfs. If the educational system is flawed with its commoditisation and is directed at training individuals and communities to become producers and consumers rather than becoming enlightened citizens, then, the ‘educated’ are left with reduced intellect.
Functioning with a deliberately reduced, compromised intellect is a gross defiance of evolution. But, if socio-cultural, political and educational systems are vibrant with positive, life-enhancing ideas and are philosophical and evolutionary, all of us will be genuine philosophers, for then, compliance with cosmic evolution will be fulfilled.
Skolimowskian philosophy teaches us to comply with the laws of evolution. Defiance of evolution reduces us, and diffuses our creative potential. If socio-cultural and political institutions like families, religions and governments are not conscious enough and are not evolutionary in nature, those being nurtured in the shadows of these systems remain intellectual dwarfs. If the educational system is flawed with its commoditisation and is directed at training individuals and communities to become producers and consumers rather than becoming enlightened citizens, then, the ‘educated’ are left with reduced intellect.
Functioning with a deliberately reduced, compromised intellect is a gross defiance of evolution. But, if socio-cultural, political and educational systems are vibrant with positive, life-enhancing ideas and are philosophical and evolutionary, all of us will be genuine philosophers, for then, compliance with cosmic evolution will be fulfilled.
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