On Philosophy
Studying humanities allows you to talk about anything, which is why it's so dangerous.
Intellectualism as a cesspool - maybe that’s a feature, not a bug.
On the importance of reading, responding, and writing to and for one another to advance ideas
All of this makes the grass-is-always-greener syndrome inevitable in our psychological makeup. We should not moralize or complain about this possible flaw in human nature. It is a part of the mental life of each one of us, and it has many benefits. It is the source of our ability to think of new possibilities and innovate.
Robert Greene • The Laws of Human Nature
Perhaps the value of the reference, and our collective heritage-obsessed mindset, is also about our desire to make sense of meanings and changes. To hold onto things and prune them.
Liz Gorny • POV: How valuable is the obscure creative reference?
Twain, in his lecture notes, proposes that "a sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience" and goes on to describe the novel as "a book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat".
On Huck, from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
How work took over our lives
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When regarding historical figures, it’s not necessarily about what particular individuals exactly said/believed, but about how their ideas are interpreted through time.
Robert Harrison, "How Literature Thinks Me"
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