Philosophybits: “A world without delight and without affection is a world destitute of value.” —...
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philosophybits: “A world without delight and without affection is a world destitute of value.” — Bertrand Russell, The Scientific Outlook ..read more
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"Poetry is the hero of philosophy. Philosophy raises poetry to the status of a principle. It teaches..."
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“Poetry is the hero of philosophy. Philosophy raises poetry to the status of a principle. It teaches us to recognize the worth of poetry. Philosophy is the theory of poetry. It shows us what poetry is, that it is one and all.” - Novalis, Logological Fragments II ..read more
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Thirdity: “The ability to understand a great deal of ill-formed language is not the accidental...
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thirdity: “The ability to understand a great deal of ill-formed language is not the accidental fallout of linguistic competence (i.e., the ability to speak in well-formed language), but is rather the anterior state necessary to have any concept of the well-formed at all. Rather, grammar always follows language and is generated as an always-partial description of what is actually there (i.e., a description of the parts there that are particularly useful in ways the concept of grammar defines).” — Samuel R. Delany, “Some Remarks on Narrative and Technology ..read more
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"In Paradise, where there is no labour, and no need for long rest and heavy sleep, all temptations..."
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“In Paradise, where there is no labour, and no need for long rest and heavy sleep, all temptations become dangerous. It is a peril to live there…. Perhaps present-day people eschew the paradisal state. They prefer work, for where there is no work there is no smoothness, no regularity, no peacefulness, no satisfaction.” - Lev Shestov, All Things Are Possible ..read more
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Philosophybits: “What the learned world tends to offer is one second-hand scrap of information...
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philosophybits: “What the learned world tends to offer is one second-hand scrap of information illustrating ideas derived from another second-hand scrap of information. The second-handedness of the learned world is the secret of its mediocrity.” — Alfred North Whitehead, The Aims of Education ..read more
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"Thinking well is the greatest excellence and wisdom: to act and speak what is true, perceiving..."
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“Thinking well is the greatest excellence and wisdom: to act and speak what is true, perceiving things according to their nature.” - Heraclitus, Fragments, B112 ..read more
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Philosophybits: “The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that...
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philosophybits: “The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.” — George Eliot, Middlemarch ..read more
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"Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will,..."
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“Fortune may crowd a man’s life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he makes a wise and vigorous use of them. It does not matter that the wind is fair and the tide at its flood, if the mariner refuses to weigh his anchor and spread his canvas to the breeze.” - Frederick Douglass, “Self-Made Men (1872 ..read more
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Philosophybits: “Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.” — Cicero,...
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philosophybits: “Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.” — Cicero, Tusculan Disputations ..read more
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Quotespile: “Faith comes and goes. It rises and falls like the tides of an invisible ocean. If it...
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quotespile: “Faith comes and goes. It rises and falls like the tides of an invisible ocean. If it is presumptuous to think that faith will stay with you forever, it is just as presumptuous to think that unbelief will.” — Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being ..read more
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