"The best of humanity is philosophy."

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“The failure of the past philosophers is largely the failure to see the self-evident.”

“Man is a born slave; a slave of his necessities.”

“The last thing I can believe is the illusion of consciousness.”

“The worst insult I can inflict on life is that I do not reflect on its meaning.”

“Man is programmed to find the programmer.”

“Theists and atheists are equally religious.”

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"The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity."

— Vernor Vinge

Literature1944–2024

#Human Nature

"I realized that the only possible response was to go to my wonderful local café, Maison Bertaux, check everyone was well, eat a little cake and then make art. To me, making art, and in particular publ…"

— Martin Firrell

Art1963

#Human Nature

"She never seemed to get near the edge. She lived on other people's edges. And when they fell off, she'd admire how pretty they looked as they fell."

— Orson Scott Card

Literature1951–2003

#Human Nature

"The only people I really hate are servants. They are not really human beings at all. As attributed without citation in At Home by Bill Bryson, Chapter V, "The Scullery and the Larder" p. 111"

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

Literature1892–1950

#Human Nature