Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The greatest evil is physical pain.
Saint Augustine
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If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
Maria Montessori
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Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Being ‘contented’ ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.
Noam Chomsky
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Please don’t think that I am one of those squishy types who can’t handle reality. I have plenty of real-world things to deal with all the time. I have deadlines, meetings, I answer the phone, I get turned down, I wait in lines and am forced to pass for normal all the time.
Henry Rollins
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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.
Noam Chomsky
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I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
Benjamin Franklin
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Writing a song is so personal. You have to have trust in someone you’re working with; otherwise, you’re not gonna come out with something that’s really you.
Billie Eilish
Got any book recommendations?