“The possibility of philosophy rests on the possibility of producing thoughts according to rules — of thinking truly communally — the art of collaboration in philosophy. If communal thought is possible, so also communal will is possible, the realization of great, new ideas.” - Novalis, Logological Fragments I ..read more

philosophybits: “Once freedom lights its beacon in a man’s heart, the gods are powerless against him.” — Jean-Paul Sartre, The Flies ..read more

“Fearlessness and lavishness do not suit mortal men, rather it becomes them to tremble and to count every penny, seeing what a state of poverty and impotence they exist in. That is why these two virtues are so rarely met with, and when they are met, why they arouse such superstitious reverence in the crowd. “This man fears nothing and spares nothing: he is probably not a man, but a demi-god, perhaps even a god.”” - Lev Shestov, All Things Are Possible ..read more

philosophybits: “The whole is more than the sum of the parts.” — Aristotle, Metaphysics ..read more

“If men attempt the discussion of questions which lie entirely beyond the reach of human capacity, such as those concerning the origin of worlds, … they may long beat the air in their fruitless contests, and never arrive at any determinate conclusion. But if the question regard any subject of common life and experience, nothing, one would think, could preserve the dispute so long undecided but some ambiguous expressions, which keep the antagonists still at a distance, and hinder them from grappling with each other.” - David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ..read more

philosophybits: “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” — Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness ..read more

“Many witty ideas are like the sudden meeting of two friendly thoughts after a long separation.” - Friedrich Schlegel, Athenaeum Fragments ..read more

philosophybits: “Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.” — Seneca, Medea ..read more

thirdity: “We must think of the media as if they were, in outer orbit, a sort of genetic code which controls the mutation of the real into the hyperreal.” — Jean Baudrillard, Simulations ..read more

philosophybits: “Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.” — Thomas Nagel, Mortal Questions ..read more