philosophy

"One does not like to differ from a man without knowing the reasons which influenced him."

"3908. Poverty is not a Shame ; but the being asham'd of it, is."

"The numerous pamphlets that appear every day for and against these two political parties is certainly a means of maintaining and augmenting animosity between them, and another is the interests of cert…"

"The will to procreate, as lust, engenders wealth and leads the human race to demoralisation , whereas the will to resuscitate, when the problem of returning life is seen as the purpose of conscious be…"

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."

"I'm never uncomfortable being naked. I don't have a problem with my body."

"I don't know if I'm making myself clear, but if I were to accept this business of conceptual art I would have no reason to exist."

"If combat means living in a ditch, females have biological problems staying in a ditch for thirty days because they get infections and they don't have upper body strength. I mean, some do, but they're…"

"Acting in conformity with reason, in the singular, and acting for good reasons, in the plural, are two different things insofar as reason is objective, whereas reasons are subjective. From an external…"

"Being first on the spot, kicking off that torture in the biggest, most incredible game that a player can play or imagine...that's not necessarily good news. It means that they think you're the best, b…"

"Historically, it was Euclidean geometry that, developed to a large extent as a votive offering to the God of Reason, opened men's eyes to the possibility of design and to the possibility of uncovering…"

"Jokiness allows a constant trivializing: as if by joking someone is suspending judgment on what is being said. She didn’t mean anything by it; lighten up. A killjoy knows from experience: when people …"

"Psychology must postulate uniformity of interrelation of physical, physiological, and psychic processes."

"Ho! Mesmerized by the sheer variety of perceptions, beings wander endlessly astray in samsara's vicious cycle."

"Some may find these conclusions frightening, and perhaps that's an appropriate reaction. But then again, maybe it’s not. For it is certainly possible to frame an ethic consistent with the Darwinian vi…"

"The ultimate goal of a revolutionary movement today must be the total collapse of the worldwide technological system."

"Although there are many non-human species — especially — that also cause a lot of suffering, humans have the unfortunate distinction of being the most destructive and harmful species on earth. The amo…"

"Take any action allow'd to be vicious: Wilful murder, for instance. Examine it in all lights, and see if you can find that matter of fact, or real existence, which you call vice. In which-ever way you…"

"Armenag Saroyan was the failed poet, the failed Presbyterian preacher, the failed American, the failed theological student."

"Man is a substantial emigrant on a pilgrimage of being, and it is accordingly meaningless to set limits to what he is capable of being."