Great minds think alike, what do you think?
2007-01-13 07:02:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Where shall we seek Nothing? Where shall we find Nothing? In order to find something must we not know beforehand that it is there? Indeed we must! First and foremost we can only look if we have pre-supposed the presence of a thing to be looked for. But the thing we are looking for is Nothing. Is there after all a seeking without pre-supposition, a seeking complemented by a pure finding? --Martin Heidegger
2007-01-13 07:35:18 · update #1
That makes sense, if you search for Nothing- you'll certainly find it.
2007-01-13 08:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We certainly do not need to know something is there before we find something, many times we find things by accident - hence the first glimpse of awareness, in which has actually 'found' us.
'Nothing' is a false idea. What is not cannot be explained as so.
Not all great minds think alike - some minds could be greater. Like minds think alike, and nothing more.
2007-01-13 11:02:26 · answer #2 · answered by Source 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent invocation of Heidegger! Thinking is a very specific sort of activity...one's mind can become great through immersion in it. So, inasmuch as there are minds out there that have become adept through great effort, they have this much in common with each other: all heed the call of that which provokes thought. It is the uncanniness of the enterprise which singles out the thinkers, for these few are destined to appear uncanny to lesser thinkers. The great minds referenced above, then, may not necessarily recognize each other as such. After all, they are not likely to be a whit concerned with what others are thinking!
2007-01-13 12:45:41 · answer #3 · answered by Baron VonHiggins 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That statement is probably correct. Though great minds will conceive vastly different subject matters, great minds all share common characteristics. The ability to perceive what others cannot, or to make connections with diverse aspects and join them into a coherent, undeniable truth or solution to a problem. Great minds think alike is unrefutable because they are designated as being great due to the fact that they do think, a faculty which most of often overlook using without realizing it is our greatest natural asset!
2007-01-13 07:14:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not think that 'great minds think alike'. Or perhaps it would be better put that 'thinking minds think differently'.
If we all thought alike, we would be robots. We are given intelligence to consider many aspects of whatever is being considered. And different people would see and have their own particular slant on what's under discussion.
As for 'nothingness': there is nothing to discuss about nothingness.
2007-01-13 13:13:47 · answer #5 · answered by concernedjean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, great minds think alike in the sense that they have similar methods of analysis. But their conclusions may differ because of different backgrounds and different values they place on items when analyzing.
2007-01-13 07:11:22 · answer #6 · answered by Smokin' Dragon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great minds in mathematics and science think logically (rationale) while great minds in the arts think creatively (abstract). So my answer is no, not all great minds think alike. I think most truly great minds have integrated the rationale and abstract minds.
2007-01-13 07:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that great minds think alike & that fools seldom differ!
2007-01-13 07:06:39 · answer #8 · answered by amp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember: Puny minds think alike too.
2007-01-13 07:52:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its totally bogus. show me a search for NOTHING and ill show you a pig in my backyard with angel wings, a unicorn horn, and the harlot of babylon strapped to his back!
2007-01-13 12:40:58 · answer #10 · answered by metroactus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋