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“Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.” — Albert Camus (1913–1960) Continue reading
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“Geniuses are like thunderstorms. They go against the wind, terrify people, cleanse the air.” — Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Continue reading
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“Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.” — Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), “The Conquest of Happiness” Continue reading
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“Life continues, and some mornings, weary of the noise, discouraged by the prospect of the interminable work to keep after, sickened also by the madness of the world that leaps at you from the newspaper, finally convinced that I will not be equal to it and that I will disappoint everyone—all I want to do Continue reading
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“How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have; they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.” -Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Either/Or Continue reading
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“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.” – Marting Heidegger Continue reading
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“The reading of good books is like a conversation with the best men of past centuries-in fact like a prepared conversation, in which they reveal only the best of their thoughts.” – Rene Descartes Continue reading
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“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil.” – Marcus Aurelius Continue reading
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“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.” – Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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“Man is a rational – so at least I have been told. Throughout a long life, I have looked diligently for evidence in favor of this statement, nut so far I have not had the good fortune to come across it.” – Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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“When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning they distract themselves with pleasure.” – Viktor Frankl Continue reading
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“I may not have been sure about what did really interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.” – Albert Camus Continue reading
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“The only public good is that which assures the private good of the citizens.” – Simone de Beauvoir Continue reading
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“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.” – Euripides Continue reading
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“With freedom of the press, nations are not sure of going toward justice and peace. But without it, they are sure of not going there.” – Albert Camus Continue reading
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“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.” – Thomas Carlyle Continue reading
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“Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies. And the fact that men accept this, that the people’s anger has not destroyed these hollow clowns, strikes me Continue reading
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City Life
street corner philosopher conversing about life in general Continue reading
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Friday’s Quote
“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.” ~ Martin Heidegger Continue reading
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Rules For Happiness
“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~ Immanuel Kant Continue reading
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January
To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June. ~Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Opinions
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” ~ John Locke Continue reading
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The World We See
“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.” ~ William James Continue reading
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Expression Of An Opinion
“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if Continue reading
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All Truth
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer Continue reading
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Poor People
There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Pursuit Of Money
“In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.” ~ John Rawls, Philosopher, 1921 – 2002 Continue reading
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“Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They’ll do anything to win a case.” ~Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher, 1748 – 1832 Continue reading
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Bricks
“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.” ~ Gilles Deleuze, Philosopher, 1925 – 1995 Continue reading
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Two Ways To Be Fooled
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard Continue reading
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Words
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects. ~ Blaise Pascal Continue reading
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The Poor
The poor don’t know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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More And More Information
We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning. ~ Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher, Born: June 27, 1929 – Died: March 6, 2007 Continue reading
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Treasured Wealth
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. ~Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Senseless To Think Of Complaining
It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are. `~Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher, Born: April 22, 1724 – Died: February 12, 1804 Continue reading
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People
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do rather than what they say. ~Rene Descartes Continue reading
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Shoes
“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.” ~ John Locke Continue reading
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Life After Death
“The real question of life after death isn’t whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.” ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher ~ 1889 – 1951 Continue reading
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Boundaries
“A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.” ~ Martin Heidegger, Philosopher ~ 1889 – 1976 Continue reading
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Dreaming
“It is possible that I am dreaming right now and that all of my perceptions are false.” ~ Rene Descartes, Philosopher ~ 1596 – 1650 Continue reading
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Fear
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” ~ Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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To Be
“To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi).” Or, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” ~ George Berkeley Continue reading
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People Know What They Do
“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don’t know is what what they do does.” ~ Michel Foucault, Philosopher – Born: October 15, 1926 – Died: June 25, 1984 Continue reading
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“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.” ~Averroes
Averroes, Philosopher – Born: April 14, 1126-Died: December 10, 1198 Continue reading
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The body
“The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.” ~ Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Philosopher ~ 1908-1961 Continue reading
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Two People
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” ~ William James Continue reading
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Majority Of Men
“The majority of men… are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and… are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher – 1788-1860 Continue reading
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One Day Left
“There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Nihilist
A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists. ~ Albert Camus Continue reading
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“Curiosity is the lust of the mind.” ~ Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes – Philosopher, 1588-1679 Continue reading
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Three Things
“Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes” ~ Immanuel Kant Continue reading
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Good Books
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” ~ Rene Descartes Continue reading
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People Know What They Do ~ Michel Foucault
“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don’t know is what what they do does.” ~ Michel Foucault Continue reading
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Jean de la Bruyere Quote: Three Events
There are only three events in a man’s life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscience of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. -Jean de la Bruyere French Philosopher Continue reading
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Genius And Madness
“Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer Continue reading
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Thoughts
“Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.” – William James Continue reading
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J. L. Austin Quote
“A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words…. Statements are made, words or sentences are used.” – J. L. Austin Continue reading
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