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“Any complex activity,” Clausewitz writes, “if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they are outstanding and reveal themselves in exceptional achievements, their possessor is called a ‘genius.’”39 I take this to mean continuing adjustments of “intellect”—which sets course
... See moreJohn Lewis Gaddis • On Grand Strategy
Mind is the intelligence that knows how to create every living system and how to operate those systems.
Dicken Bettinger • Coming Home: Uncovering the Foundations of Psychological Well-being
In the context of the Gene Keys intellect refers to the thinking capacity of the human mind, which bases all its suppositions on its two main objectives — the acquisition of facts, and the skill of manipulating those facts via language.
Richard Rudd • The Gene Keys: Embracing Your Higher Purpose
Tim Urban • Page Not Found — Wait But Why
When God’s existence has been proved, the rest proceeds easily. Since God is good, He will not act like the deceitful demon whom Descartes has imagined as a ground for doubt. Now God has given me such a strong inclination to believe in bodies that He would be deceitful if there were none; therefore bodies exist. He must, moreover, have given me the
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Truth—or, more precisely, an accurate understanding of reality—is the essential foundation for any good outcome.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
Naturally, this raises the question of whom I was dialoguing with. The most honest answer is: a deeply obfuscated but knowledgeable complex of my own mind that, at the same time, was also entirely alien to my ego.
Bernardo Kastrup • More Than Allegory
Therefore you would also infer that your own thought-processes could not have originated in the universe in which you found yourself. So even if you had lived within the rendered environment all your life, and did not have your own memories of the outside world to account for as well, your knowledge would not be confined to that environment.
David Deutsch • The Fabric of Reality
When the Higher Mind is winning the tug-of-war, its staff illuminates our minds with clarity, including awareness of the Primitive Mind and what it’s up to. The Higher Mind understands that primitive pleasures like sex, food, and all-in-good-fun tribalism like sports fandom are enjoyable, and often necessary, parts of a human life. And like a good
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