"Practice makes perfect." But then no one or nothing is perfect, which brings us to "why practice then?". I just want to know what everyone thinks about this. And please keep your opinions relevant.
2007-12-20 03:45:23 · 6 answers · asked by Reverie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Like they say, "aim for the moon - and even if you fail, you will be amongst the stars" (or maybe it's the other way around. Anyway, you get my drift).
2007-12-20 08:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by James Bond 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes to ur 1st Q.
Have YOU heard of "....ive solved the chicken-an-egg problem,but few have taken the time or trouble to be objective(= critical)
about it" : Sir karl Popper in his book called
Objective knowledge,i think(!).
i and more importantly you can never ever
know everything;that is why i could have written that as - we can never ever "Know"
everything(!).
A small difference i guess;(but remember,
philosophers are still arguing over little words, written down in stone by the other
ancient greek teachers, over 2000 years ago!!!).
Anyway,the reality is that to produce a high
performance jet engine takes A LOT of hard work and diligence,usually by a dedicated team (of specially trained technicians).
You,i and others would think that philosophy
is the same;trained emeritus professor technicians,with vast colledge buildings,training and supposedly finding-the-defined-facts as their brightest sat tested,mathematically minded students can
know(!)
i (and possibly some other popper-ians)
think that the two above are vastly different;
probably BECAUSE PHILOSOPHY AND
(the jet engine)SCIENCE ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
And little 'ol me a Popper-ian!
Well they are; And they shouldnt be.
Possibly the jet engine is (too)"dirty" and
fossil-fuel greedy,amoung other things(its
dangerous too as it could well be a carcenogenic polluter); possibly philosophy
is NOT critical enough(of polititions for
example) and of course it doesnt much "move" people(although Sir karl HAS
shown already that it very much DOES!)
Besides,i used a polluting plane only the other day;and here and now i hope ive made a minute contribution to philosophy, however small and seemingly insignificant(!)
2007-12-20 12:38:28 · answer #2 · answered by peter m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Practice doesn't reach perfection and the saying doesn't imply that. Practice tends to perfection, goes in the direction of perfection.
It is necessary to a proverb that it be short and sweet (= memorable) hence the fuzziness of a lot of them.
2007-12-20 11:51:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Even if perfection is unattainable, correct practice leads to improvement. Improvement is desirable, as the alternatives are stagnation and degradation.
2007-12-20 11:53:06 · answer #4 · answered by anyte 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can never be perfect, but being the best at something is achievable. When you're the best you don't have to worry about criticism. .
2007-12-20 11:52:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never thought of "that" like that. hmmm.... :/
2007-12-20 11:54:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋