8 May 2013

8. Anti-dogma

Reflections on The Way of The Outsider

by Monde Mdodana


The Outsider has his truth, but his truth is different from the truth of the people or the truth of academic philosophers. The truth of the people is - or it pretends to be - necessary, dogmatic, absolute truth. The Way of The Outsider is not absolute truth, but it is nonetheless essential, primal truth. Absolute truth is true for everyone; regardless of whether or not a particular Individual worked to discover it, regardless of whether or not he believes it or believes in it.

But The Way of The Outsider is a reversal of this dogmatism; it is essential, Existential truth, but it is not true for the particular Outsider if he does not discover it for him-Self. The particular Outsider has to work to discover The Way. That is, he has to have Faith in its Existence.

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