Let me begin by saying I find philosphy interesting; Plato, Aristotle, Boethes, Descarte, Hegel, Kant, Locke, Pascal, Nietzche, Foucault, and the list goes on... so many developments of the mind. In college I took courses on philosophy but now I cannot quite remember how Heidegger formed a basis for postmodernism. (Is that even right)???
So much philosophy is but the chasing after the wind described in Ecclesiastes. Still, as Ecclesiastes has its counterpart in the Song of Songs so also the philosophy has its counterpart in love beyond reason.
Meditations on death make such great philosophy. Jesus showed us to die to our own thoughts when he died at Golgatha for it is written this was the place of the skull. So let the mind simply consider the reality of its own Golgatha its place of death.
Some years ago during a college colloquium my faith was challenged by utilitarian philosopher. Rather than debate I followed Richard Wurmbrand's example and said, Who are you lady Philosophy to challenge me. What authority do you have? Do you love Me? Did you die for Me? So called reason had no authority to come between Me and God's love, no philosophical defense was needed.
Rather than chase the winds of vanity let come what winds will. Be they winds of comfort or pain come so long as I may be a good fragrance to the One I love. I say with the Beloved in the Mighty Song, awake north wind and come south wind blow over my gardens that its fragrance may spread abroad.
