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The freedom of thought
Thought is the most perfect form of the human intelligence, the only being present on the planet with this capacity. It made us dominant, however it costs a high price, because the smarter we are, more dangerous we become.
Maybe thought is the result of the conscious and intelligence, with which we can synthesize all perceptions about all that exist around us, bringing the past and future together.
It is most important to analyze the influences that the thought suffers, including religious, political and economic aspects, because the ideas are not so original as we might imagine. The question is not related only to the freedom to think, because everybody thinks. The question is what we think and what influences our ideas are subjected to.
Analyzing these ideas we tend to conclude that we do not have the freedom that we imagined, because we are connected to a big cultural and historical legacy, leading our thoughts to a predictable result.
To escape from the predictable is an encounter with thoughts uncontaminated by reality, then freedom can be envisioned. As an example we can use the attempt to try another societies way of life. How, if today all of us are impregnated by capitalism. There is no doubt that it will be difficult to exercise our freedom.
Finally it is important to not confuse freedom to think with freedom of expression. Always there was freedom to think, because the ability of thought is the most intimate human characteristic, but sometimes thoughts cannot be expressed freely, because of some particular interests and influences.
The discussion here is the origin of thinking and how much free our thoughts are.
[], Eduardo Stefani – 16/03/2005