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Trying Not to Try: Ancient China, Modern Science, and the Power of Spontaneity
Edward Slingerland • 1 highlight
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Trying Not to Try: The Ancient Art of Effortlessness and the Surprising Power of Spontaneity
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The most human part of humanity is not our animal instincts nor our computer-like rationality, but our mutual social creation of meanings and values around arbitrary choices.
the decentering of human life from its cosmic significance, a decline in our sense of purpose, and a sensation of having lost the soul that gave earlier human societies their adaptiveness and vitality. It seems we are left with a feeling of having lost our place in the world along with a sense of who we are and what we ought to do with ourselves.
John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro, • Awakening From the Meaning Crisis
The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
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Philosophy is created by intellectuals who rarely ask themselves how to apply their ideas in real life.