Avoiding the "hero worship" phenomenon could potentially be tricky, but then again, I've hardly given the book any thought in the context of civil disobedience, so I imagine my outlook will probably change.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Gandhi on How To Live
Although I didn't actually manage to get all the way through it, I found Gandhi's autobiography inspiring. In the past year I've done a great deal of pondering about minimalism and self-sufficiency. And then along comes Gandhi, who not only already thought of most of the ideas that came to me (or ideas very much like them) but did his best to live them out.
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John David what seems to stand out to you the most in Gandhi's auto biography? What from it inspires you?
ReplyDeleteI have just started Gandhi’s book and so far I admire his desire for truth but I also admire his sense of adventure and his desire to venture beyond his familiar ‘gates’ (unlike Socrates) and appeal to people who were not like him.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm also curious as to what stands out in your reading of the autobiography. Do you feel that Gandhi is more focusing on a matter-of-fact explanation of his life, rather than a preachy one? If not: is it something entirely different?
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DeleteI thought it was sad that Ghandi seemed to be guilty about enjoying sex with his wife. He seems to feel that his 'animal passion' was the reason why he missed his father's death (as if he could have known when it would happen) and contributed to the death of 'the poor mite' that his wife gave birth to.