Despite freedom of speech, why are there no famous philosophers like Socrates and Kant today?

Prasanna
2 min readMar 27, 2020

Despite announcements of more freedom of speech, why there are no philosophers like Socrates and Kant?

Human Knowledge was very primitive and was still growing qualitatively during the lifetimes of Great Philosophers. Philosophers, Religious and Political Teachers of that time as well as the people then generally presumed that ‘knowledge is the key’ to stability to peace and happiness of mind. Most people are disillusioned with this theory, but have not got a correct answer also.

It took a great deal of time and the free Consciousness(es), each time for the likes of Ashtavakra, Buddha, Shankara and J Krishnamurti to intellectually explain in gaps of centuries or more to stabilize every next level of human knowledge in mankind, and to help mankind to take a leap from the depth of ocean of Knowledge to have a look and jump on to the shore. It was undoubtedly a greatest of all great adventures of Consciousness.

Now the fundamental human problem and the road map to its final solution or correction has been understood. But mankind has got even more deeply immersed in the ocean of knowledge, because of the increasing errors in upbringing.

In other words, because of the increasing fragmentation or division of Consciousness, the average level of freedom is also coming down. So there are neither Socrates like philosophers, nor those who are capable of listening to them, questioning, discussing and improving themselves.

Now the great challenge for the free consciousness is to advance and simplify even further and further the findings of K, so that there could still be some curious youth whose bondage has been some what looser than that of others, and who would self transform themselves to become free.

What mankind needs is freedom from the bondage of its own knowledge in memory, and not from Political, Religious or other Intellectual Authorities. Besides, and more importantly, Philosophies are passe now. Science has grown in the field or area of Psychology. Mankind can lead happy lives by scientifically understanding and implementing the nature’s principles.

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