POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Milan Kundera, Gustave Flaubert, Jerusalem Prize

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1000
• Professor: Martin Breaugh

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The term critical does not refer to the quality of the conclusion whether it is a good or bad conclusion. Being critical refers to a thinking process that aims to evaluate it does not refer to the negative conclusion this evaluation is based on a thinking process. Critical though is a thinking process that rest upon an analysis of a variety of factors: history, logic, observation, context, coherence and relevance. This thinking process known as critical thinking is a skill and it can only be learned through pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e. it"s (cid:374)ot (cid:374)atural (cid:271)ut rather so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g you (cid:272)a(cid:374) lear(cid:374) a(cid:374)d sharpe(cid:374). Literature and politics permits one to go beyond our mortal nature. By engaging in politics people allows people to leave their presence. By acting in such a way both lit and politics both cheat death of its most lasting and painful consequence, to be forgotten. Milan kundera introduces the distinction between ignorance and stupidity.