Sublime

The fundamental nature of life may be not atomistic but relational.

for a deeply oral culture this interiority derives not from a belief that the mind is located within us, but from a felt sense that we are located within it, carnally immersed in an awareness that is not ours, but is rather the Eairth’s.

É importante saber com quem podemos nos associar, em uma perspectiva existencial mesmo,

As it became clear to French observers that most indigenous Americans saw individual autonomy and freedom of action as consummate values

Tu não serás mais o que és, mas outra coisa da qual o mundo precisará.

o filósofo pós-moderno aprende, antes de qualquer outra coisa, a desconfiar das evidências primeiras, das ideias prontas, para ver o que há por trás, por baixo, de viés se for preciso, a fim de detectar os preconceitos dissimulados que os fundamentam em última instância.

But it is strangely liberating to realise your true status as a single node in a cooperative network. There is honour to be found in this role, and a certain dignified agency. You won’t be swallowed up by a hive mind or lose your individuality—you will retain your autonomy while simultaneously being profoundly interdependent and connected. In fact,

The deeper I slid into the material density of the real, the more I found that there was nothing determinate or predictable about existence.

Somos microcosmos do organismo Terra, só precisamos nos lembrar disso.