Philosophy
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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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Two Sentences
Drumming my fingers on the table. Waiting for the new normal to arrive. 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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Six Word Sunday
Good conversation. Great times. Happy people. 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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Six Word Saturday
Into the void. No exit found. Continue reading
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Two Sentences
Life’s short. Make the best of it. Continue reading
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Six Words Redux
Do it yourself, works for me. Continue reading
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Six Words
High on life is all good. Continue reading
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Materials Of Knowledge
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” ~ John Locke Continue reading
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For What Its Worth
Moving forward. Not looking back. What’s the point of it. 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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Six Words Sunday
Lazy day. Idling by. Forward moving. Continue reading
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Two Sentences
Never said I was perfect. Far from it. 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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Six Words
So… here I sit, doing nothing. Continue reading
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Six Words
Life: it is what it is. Continue reading
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Six Word Sunday
Keeping the beat. Life is grand. Continue reading
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Understanding Ourselves
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Six Words
I am I. You are you. 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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Six Words
Think freely. Speak freely. Live freely. Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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For What Its Worth
Everyday is a new day, and different from yesterday. Tomorrow will be different than today. Continue reading
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Watch Your Thoughts
“Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.” ~ Laozi Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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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 of… Continue reading
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Are We Human
“A philosopher once asked, “Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?” Pointless, really…”Do the stars gaze back?” Now that’s a question.” ~ Neil Gaiman Continue reading
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To Be A Philosopher
“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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The Wonder Remains
“Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.” ~ Alfred North Whitehead Continue reading
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“A person is able to understand only when he solves the problem by himself.” ~Peter Deunov
Peter Deunov, Bulgarian Philosopher – July 11, 1864 – December 27, 1944 Continue reading
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Human Conception
“Life is life – whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.” ~ Sri Aurobindo Continue reading
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Two Kinds Of Truth
There are two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible. ~ Gottfried Leibniz Continue reading
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Common Sense
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. Rene Descartes Continue reading
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Life Is The Fire …..
Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternty. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Continue reading
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Wondering Evermore
out the door with the backpack containing only with the basics of necessities in order to find seek/ search/ and/or locate the meaning of truth that is does it truly exist or is it a figment of our collective imagination if so then can we say that the human race is living in a world… Continue reading
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“If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher – Born: June 21, 1905 – Died: April 15, 1980 Continue reading
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There are two ways to be fooled. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
“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, Philosopher – B: May 5, 1813 – D: November 11, 1855 Continue reading
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Pondering Moment
over analyzing a subject could drive possibly drive anybody batty Continue reading
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All colors will agree in the dark. ~ Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman (1561-1626) Continue reading
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An Honest Politician ~ Bertrand Russell, Philosopher
“An honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid … because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.” ~ Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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