Philosophy – Page 2 – A Pondering Mind

People

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do rather than what they say. ~Rene Descartes

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

to me, back to normal, when the pandemic is over and done, to some people is scary and worrisome. the life I am living right now is normal. the pandemic never stopped me from going outside, and taking several walks a day. I was careful as to what stores I went to, which was notContinue reading “Okay so”

Six Words

relax … just go with the flow.

Pondering Thought #11

there’s a method to my madness…

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

“Nothing is everything that doesn’t happen at this very moment.” ~ Martin Heidegger

Boundaries

“A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.” ~ Martin Heidegger, Philosopher ~ 1889 – 1976

Pondering Thought #8

can’t win for losing

Pondering Thought #5

the weather at times can be finicky

Simplify Your Life

“Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don’t destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!” ~ Henry David Thoreau

Pondering Thought 1

quiet nights are exhilarating

a thought

and so it goes. so it goes…

Dreaming

“It is possible that I am dreaming right now and that all of my perceptions are false.” ~ Rene Descartes, Philosopher ~ 1596 – 1650

“I know that I exist; the question is, What is this ‘I’ that ‘I’ know.” ~Rene Descartes

“How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?” ~Rene Descartes

Six Words

a new day. a normal life.

Six Words Redux

spill the beans. face gets redder.

Six Words

to know thyself, works for me.

Fear

“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” ~ Bertrand Russell

“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.” ~ Bertrand Russell

“The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never.” ~Immanuel Kant

Six Words Redux

Morning thought: coffee, self medicating stimulant.

Six Word Sunday

Sunday silence. Sunday sun. Sunday serenity.

A Thought

Today is the new normal, to be replaced tomorrow by the new normal, and the next day a new normal will commence. See the pattern? Just a thought.

For What Its Worth

Better to write it right, and/or writes it write.

3:00 A.M. ~ A Thought

Quietude and darkness at 3:00 a.m. For most people, both are conducive to a good night’s sleep. Just a thought.

Three Words

a beautiful day

Three Words

lost in thoughts

Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

There is a life and there is a death, and there are beauty and melancholy between. ~Albert Camus

3:00 A.M.

Funny how shit may sometimes happen at 3:00 a.m.

Six Words

Coffee: it livens up the mood.

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

“Life’s like a mayonnaise soda.” ~Lou Reed

“All perception is a gamble.” ~Edmund Husserl

Two Sentences

Drumming my fingers on the table. Waiting for the new normal to arrive.

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

“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

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

“All consciousness is consciousness of something” ~Edmund Husserl

Six Word Sunday

Good conversation. Great times. Happy people.

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

Time is the most unknown of all unknown things. ~Aristotle

Six Word Saturday

Into the void. No exit found.

Two Sentences

Life’s short. Make the best of it.

Six Words Redux

Do it yourself, works for me.

Six Words

High on life is all good.

Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ~Voltaire

Materials Of Knowledge

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” ~ John Locke

For What Its Worth

Moving forward. Not looking back. What’s the point of it.

“Life is a constant process of dying.” ~Arthur Schopenhauer

“Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.” ~Arthur Schopenhauer

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

Six Words Sunday

Lazy day. Idling by. Forward moving.

“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.” ~Baruch Spinoza

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge. ~Carl Jung

To be is to be perceived. (Esse est percipi) ~Bishop ~George Berkeley

Two Sentences

Never said I was perfect. Far from it.

“To choose not to choose is still to act.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre

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

“I rebel; therefore I exist.” ~Albert Camus

Nihilist

A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists. ~ Albert Camus

Six Words

So… here I sit, doing nothing.

Six Words

Life: it is what it is.

Six Word Sunday

Keeping the beat. Life is grand.

Understanding Ourselves

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

Six Words

I am I. You are you.

“We are our choices.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre

“If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre

“I know what I can know, and am not troubled about what I cannot know.” ~Johann Gottlieb Fichte*

*Philosopher, 1762-1814

Lie Is A Lie

“But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.” ~ Immanuel Kant

You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am. ~Immanuel Kant

Three Things

“Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes” ~ Immanuel Kant

“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre

“How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?” ~ Rene Descartes

Good Books

“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” ~ Rene Descartes

Three Words

normal is passe

Six Words

Think freely. Speak freely. Live freely.

Free Will

“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.” ~ Jawaharlal Nehru

“Who lies for you will lie against you.” ~ John Locke

For What Its Worth

Everyday is a new day, and different from yesterday. Tomorrow will be different than today.

Philosophy is common sense with big words. ~James Madison

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~Soren Kierkegaard

Watch Your Thoughts

“Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.” ~ Laozi

Philosophical Animal

“It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal… one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.” ~ Theophile Gautier

Philosophical Questions

“Philosophical questions are not by their nature insoluble. They are, indeed, radically different from scientific questions, because they concern the implications and other interrelations of ideas, not the order of physical events; their answers are interpretations instead of factual reports, and their function is to increase not our knowledge of nature, but our understanding ofContinue reading “Philosophical Questions”