philosophybits: “Love is wise – Hatred is foolish.” — Bertrand Russell, BBC interview on “Face to Face” (1959) Originally appeared...
philosophybits: “Love is wise – Hatred is foolish.” — Bertrand Russell, BBC interview on “Face to Face” (1959) Originally appeared...
“As long as blow is followed by counter-blow, catastrophe is perpetuated.” – Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 33 Originally appeared...
It’s well known that Søren Kierkegaard was quite worried about the trends of the “present age.” He thought that individuals...
“Polemic, or the art of throwing eggs, is … as highly skilled a job as, say, boxing… keep your face...
Idealism is often met with some ridicule; surely the world doesn’t just exist in our heads. Jeremy Dunham argues this...
Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), the “Father of Russian Literature,” is most famous for his poetry, but later in his life he...
philosophybits: “If you are not already dead, forgive. Rancor is heavy, it is worldly; leave it on earth: die light.”...
“Feeling (for a particular art, science, person, etc.) is divided spirit, is self-restriction: hence a result of self-creation and self-destruction.”...