Western Philosophy; a Religion for the Intellectual?

Western Philosophy has deep roots that go back as far as Babylonian and Egyptian days and it has a strong secondary foundation of Greek Philosophy as well. Yet much of the philosophy after than tends to come from a religious slant where God created man in this realm, as a universal given. If you look at the names of the dead white men that we study in Western Philosophy these comments will seem more obvious to you.

Pick up a book on the History of Western Philosophy sometime and read thru the names and biographies of the notables mentioned. Indeed in doing this you will see that there is a strong religious biased there and probably smile and say yes, that is the way it is in fact.

Only one problem with this and that is all the Western Philosophers from 60 AD to mid 1800s were building upon a base of previous philosophy in that same era, which had a religious bias. So is Western Philosophy religiously basis and bias? Yes, I submit to you that it is and in fact it is nothing more than advanced religion for the intellectual in disguise.

The reason I point this out is that if all the Western Philosophy for most of the last 2000 years has a religious bias then perhaps it is limiting philosophical thought and therefore Western Philosophy is over due for a major upgrade in the present period.

I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.

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