#Socrates

selfish shellfish sell fish

olivertheseal

As much as I want obesity and fitness to be more prevalent in national discourse, I still cringe when I see people being insulted on account of their obesity. Negative

ReedWilliamson

ReedCreate

The only way that the Regime can be beaten or disarmed is through doubtDoubt must be spread in every part of our society's infection, like the body fighting cancer cellsdoubt

Alatar the Blue

Auslandsgruppe1

Here's a little historical context from Antiquity that I think illustrates and complements what Gandalf is talking about.In Plato's Ion we have a dialogue between Socrates and a professional rhapsode

Anshul Chaturvedi

AnshulChaturvdi

The fact that #TeachersDay = Radhakrishnan's b'day did'nt mean much in schoolHowever, later, the gentle manner in which he guided you through the Gita with his commentary & notes gave

Burn Notice

BurnedSpy34

THREAD: Navigating the sea of disinformation.1. The main stream media [MSM] is accused of spreading fake news, while Social Media currently feels like swimming in an alphabet soup.Sourcing accurate information

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Fadi_Al_Jeridi

Even if God exists (huge if) morality can't be objective.A thread. Morality is an abstract concept which concerns itself about distinguishing 'good' from 'bad' actions. Religious people refer to their

Whatifalthist

whatifalthist

In the ancient world, part of being a philosopher was living the life of a philosopher, or being virtuous, brave and the like. Now, philosopher’s just have to say pretty

Damon Young

damonayoung

I reckon that actual professor was *well aware* of Shakespeare’s desires & such, but was trying to make their students aware of the problems of projecting modern identity categories onto

Carnivore Aurelius ©

KetoAurelius

For 1000s of years life was oriented around self transcendence: Knowing thy true self and then finding something bigger.But then suddenly, just in the last 100 years, the purpose of

ProfMKay🇮🇳

ProfMKay

#WAFIn response to the invitation for a rather unusual REUNION of all time greats:Newton said he'd drop in.Socrates said he'd think about it.Ohm resisted the idea.Boyle said he was under

Ramses Oudt

rroudt

What distinguishes humans from other animals, is that we have some kind of choice.External and internal influences push us around, but when we reflect and weigh pros and cons, we

Zaid K. Dahhaj

zaiderrr

The 13 Virtues described by Benjamin Franklin: 1. Temperance: Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling

Simon DeDeo

SimonDeDeo

Feynman wisdom is that you don’t truly understand something until you can explain it to a newcomer. This gets confused with two seemingly similar claims, however, both of which are

Dr. Tayo Oyedeji

tayooye

The philosophy of enlightened self-interest.- A thread One of my favorite post-graduate classes was a philosophy course taught by Dr. Betty Winfield. It started with the greeks (Socrates, Plato), moved

Ethics in Bricks

EthicsInBricks

The School of Athens 1 Zizek2 Socrates3 Nussbaum 4 Plato 5 Aristotle6 Plotinus7 Arendt8 Parmenides9 Pythagoras10 Heraclitus11 Diogenes12 Zoroaster13 Singer14 Raphael15 Thales #1: ŽižekŽižek criticizes ethical consumerism: the idea that

Andy Khouri

andykhouri

Watching Bill & Ted 1 again in anticipation of the new one. Every time I see this I’m refreshed by how uncynical and upbeat it is. And i love that