“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” — Frédéric Bastiat
#quotes #philosophy #law #FrederickBastiat
"I quite like the idea that we live in a computer simulation. It gives me hope that things will be better on the next level." – Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
#science #philosophy #physics #simulationHypothesis
"Freedom is what we do with what is done to us." #stoicism #life #philosophy
'Blessed are those who seek unity in a divided world, for they shall be called the children of peace.'
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Why do we still need #people?
* To elect the government in a supposed democracy. Well manipulated with fear and fake news, of course.
* As a consumer in capitalism, to buy unnecessary cheap products at a high price. Preferably virtual products that can be scaled up at will without production costs and still generate real profit.
* To train the AI models and to generate training data for these models.
* As modern-day slaves to serve the financial elite and provide a comfortable life for them.
* As cannon fodder for wars.
* As guinea pigs for pharma tests.
* To write silly posts,comments and as followers for influencers.
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Have I forgotten anything?
#humanity #ethics #future #philosophy #politics #economy #life #question #system #problem #criticism #protest #HumanRights
Why are Canadians so polite, yet ice hockey so violent?
We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"To the rational being only the irrational is unendurable, but the rational is endurable." #stoicism #life #philosophy
“Myths as Evolutionary Scripts: Do Archetypes Change, or Do We Just Reread Them Differently?”
Across cultures, myths reflect shared structures—but are those eternal forms or flexible templates? Is the hero still heroic, or have the gods themselves shifted roles in the process?
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#dreams #digitalArt #photography #lucidloom #monochrome #philosophy #mythology #psychology #esotericism
A quick thought about philosophy. I listened to a podcast, which was a fail.
une bonne et une mauvaise nouvelle
Schrödinger cat / le chat de Schrödinger
tags : en même temps, physique quantique, mort et vivant, #caturday #cats #science #philosophy #drawing
"Instead of fighting the world, kill your ego." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Anything that just costs money is cheap." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Self-improvement" is an oxymoron. There is nothing to "improve" about yourself. It's enough if you stop getting in the way. 
Rishi Dass
Live a less, but better life. 
lessbutbetter.com
#lessbutbetter
#mentalhealth
#simpleliving
#truesuccess
#philosophy
Boost if appropriate!
Fediverse: suggest me the best (introductive) political philosophy book that I can binge on instead of doomscrolling.
Bonus point if it includes indigenous philosophies and bonus bonus points if it includes women philosophers or scientists!
I'm already familiar with reading secondary texts on philosophy, as I've read a fair amount of will durant and have been 'trying' to read A.C Grayling.
I'm loosely familiar with anarchism and Marxism purely from being affiliated with communists and anarchists online, but haven't read both the philosophies thoroughly.
Thank you fedi, stay kind and swag
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." #stoicism #life #philosophy
I know it’s called “the future tense” but I wish the tense part could be a bit less overbearing…
#grammar #philosophy #tension #future
@stoicteacher " All the colours of poetry, however splendid, can never paint natural objects in such a manner as to make the description be taken for a real landscape. The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation." - David Hume.
"We suffer more in imagination than in reality." #stoicism #life #philosophy
