Education is not preparation for life; education is life,itself. #stoicism #life #philosophy
#philosophy
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Sometimes, you just have to share #reality.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNXT7gbOUGK/?img_index=19&igsh=ZmpiZDRyNGZhZXp2
(... That's why #history is easier to digest sometimes, & why #mythology is an escape & #philosophy makes good therapy.)
Sometimes, you just have to share #reality.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNXT7gbOUGK/?img_index=19&igsh=ZmpiZDRyNGZhZXp2
(... That's why #history is easier to digest sometimes, & why #mythology is an escape & #philosophy makes good therapy.)
Given our current situation I found this interesting.
"A democracy where public life comprises the struggle between political parties is unable to prevent the formation of a party that has the stated aim of destroying it." - Simone Weil, *The need for roots*
She also wrote a book on abolition of political parties, so she is consistent.
What Lao Tzu Believed and How It Shaped Taoism
"Lao Tzu’s existence on this Earth cannot be definitively proven, although the contributions to Taoism attributed to him continue to inspire people generations later."
https://www.thecollector.com/lao-tzu-taoism/
Books by Lao Tzu at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Lao+Tzu
Illustration of Lao Tzu from the book "Myths and Legends of China" by E.T.C. Werner also at PG
What Lao Tzu Believed and How It Shaped Taoism
"Lao Tzu’s existence on this Earth cannot be definitively proven, although the contributions to Taoism attributed to him continue to inspire people generations later."
https://www.thecollector.com/lao-tzu-taoism/
Books by Lao Tzu at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Lao+Tzu
Illustration of Lao Tzu from the book "Myths and Legends of China" by E.T.C. Werner also at PG
Nietzsche vs. Schopenhauer’s Views on Life, Suffering, and the Will
Is suffering something that hinders us, or helps us along? Schopenhauer looks for a way out, while Nietzsche insists we make good use of it.
by Viktoriya Sus
https://www.thecollector.com/nietzsche-vs-shopenhauer/
Schopenhauer and Nietzsche at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3648
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/779
So I finally started reading "The crisis of narration"
by Byung-Chul Han, and it seems a part 2 for my blog post on how I define Blogging is itching its way out 🤣
Book log: https://marisabel.nl/library/book_view.php?isbn=9781509560431
The French liar
René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy, was furiously condemned by his contemporaries. Why did they fear him?
By Sandrine Parageau
Descartes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44
From scattered traces
How the ideas circulating among one noblewoman’s coterie in 16th-century Dubrovnik anticipated modern feminist thought
By Luka Boršić
Croatian literature at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=croatian+literature
How Locke and His Heirs Redefined Beauty (Aesthetic Sense)
In the 18th century, British empiricists, under the influence of Locke, turned to subjectivism and coined the term aesthetic sense.
by Mirjana Jojić
https://www.thecollector.com/notion-aesthetic-sense-british-empiricism/
John Locke at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2447
#Job alert! Fully funded 4-year #PhD position on the #philosophy of #DataScience in relation to #psychiatry and #psychopathology at the department of #TheoreticalPhilosophy in #Groningen.
All details here: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000BDMP
Deadline: 10 July 2025
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Why Did René Descartes Say “I Think, Therefore I Am”?
“I think, therefore I am” is not only Renê Descartes’ most quoted declaration, but one that caused a paradigm shift and profoundly influenced modern philosophy.
https://www.thecollector.com/rene-descartes-i-think-therefore-i-am-cogito-ergo-sum/
Descartes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44
Philosophy must be useful
For Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle, much of philosophy was mere nonsense. Then came Frank Ramsey’s pragmatic alternative
By Cheryl Misak
Philosophy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/57
The wisdom of surrender
Samuel Beckett turned an obscure 17th-century Christian heresy into an artistic vision and an unusual personal philosophy
by Andy Wimbush
Why philosophy of physics?
Some physicists reject philosophy as a distraction from ‘real’ science but it is in fact both useful and beautiful
By James Read
Philosophy of physics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7005
The Father of Existentialism: Who Was Søren Kierkegaard?
Søren Kierkegaard is among the most distinguished philosophers in history.
by Maysara Kamal
https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-soren-kierkegaard/
Kierkegaard at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46682
