Ecce homo, or, Why a freethinker writes

The main motivation of a true thinker for writing her thoughts and ideas should, I believe, be this – so that someone may disagree with it. For a person may exert all the efforts of her mind to doubt her thoughts and to see her most subtle and deep-seated prejudices in an objective light, the fact stands that there will always be biases and predispositions that only another thinking mind will see. As such, it is the duty of every person who thinks, who mulls over, who ponders, and especially of those who claim to worship doubt, to submit their thoughts to the careful scrutiny of  others.

“Judge, that you may be judged,” said the philosopher Walter Kaufmann. So in the face of the world, this is what every freethinker, every heretic, every critic of dogma must say: “Here I stand under the microscope, ready to be examined. Here I stand in front of the jury, ready to be judged. Ecce homo.”

8 comments

  1. Romans 1:25
    They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

  2. After all, the world is already filled with those who agree mindlessly to what people say. The world needs free thinkers to stimulate or jump start others so that the world will grow dynamically in the long run.

    Bravo.

  3. This is absolutely right. Whenever a freethinker talks about something, he engages in a discussion to better shed light on the topic. So that all aspects are revealed. To check if your views or your thoughts are somehow right or even makes sense to other people.
    And that is also one reason why I love critical thinking, reasoning, and debates.
    You must let go of the ego to become more open to the issue and have better understanding.

  4. The nice thing about being so engrossed in logic and critical thinking in general is that you eventually let go of the fear of being proven wrong. Because being proven wrong also means you finally know what is right. And that's the important thing: that the truth is elevated despite protests from the ego.

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