if you don’t think for yourself, how do you know that the life you are living is the best life?

Imagine living your entire life without really knowing who you are and what you believe in.

Imagine living your entire life believing in something that turns out to be false, or that wasn’t actually good for you.

No one would choose to live that life if... See more

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

A good micro-philosophy should have the following 4 features:

#1 Coherence:

The set of atomic beliefs, values, principles, and actions should be logically consistent.

#2 Comprehensiveness:

A micro-philosophy should be general enough to touch on various areas of human life, including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and axiology.

#3 Practicality:

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The 4 elements of a micro-philosophy are:

• Atomic Beliefs


• Values


• Principles


• Actions

Values are fundamental principles or standards that guide human behavior, decision-making, and judgment.

Without values, we would have no reason to care about anything.

Values represent what you consider to be important, worthwhile, and good in life. They often serve as the foundation and explanation for our most deeply held principles and our... See more

Intellectual maturity requires courage.

Courage to think without the guidance of another.

Courage to disagree with the status quo.

Courage to be different.

You need to find ideas that the people around you don’t talk about. You need to challenge your mind to expand in new directions. You need to wrestle with hard questions without getting the answers right away.

During the trial which ultimately led to his conviction and death in 399 BCE, Socrates told the jury that he would rather die than stop practicing philosophy, saying that “the unexamined life is not worth living” (Plato, Apology )

In his famous essay, “What Is Enlightenment?”, the German philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote:

“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve

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