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article tbrs on philosophy, adjacent topics; nurturing the intellectual life; might divide into separate collections later
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People are sometimes largely powerless, politically, or even psychologically (because we are not flexible, but are indeed brainwashed, or in the grip of strange obsessions that we cannot shake). When we are powerless, fatalism may be a natural frame of mind into which to relapse. If our best efforts come to nothing often enough, we need... See more
Simon Blackburn, âThinkâ
Borges at eighty:
âI think that one should never use words like âthe bestâ or âthe first,â since those words carry no conviction and only lead to arguments. Beauty is not something rare. [âŠ] For example, I know nothing whatever about Hungarian poetry, and yet I am sure that [+]
Yoon Kimx.com
Stability, if stagnant, cannot last.
This is your sign to start a hyperlocal magazine with your roommates https://t.co/csUCjbacLL
La respuesta a un poder opresivo nunca es la primera cosa que viene a la cabeza. Pero de alguna forma u otra hay que actuar. Con los errores se aprenden otros sino nosotros cĂłmo hacer de diferente a la prĂłxima tentativa. Los Ă©xitos permiten enfrentar un nuevo desafĂo. Pero la vacilaciĂłn no ayuda a nadie sino al poder opresivo.