12 ideas
9777 | Kant was the first philosopher [Zizek] |
7910 | Pursue truth with the urgency of someone whose clothes are on fire [Ashvaghosha] |
9778 | There is no dialogue in philosophy [Zizek] |
9779 | Philosophy is transcendental questioning (not supporting science or constructing ontology) [Zizek] |
9780 | Consciousness is a malfunction of evolution [Zizek] |
7906 | When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha] |
9781 | Tolerance and love are strategies to avoid encountering our neighbours [Zizek] |
7904 | The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha] |
7905 | The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha] |
7909 | The Eightfold Path concerns morality, wisdom, and tranquillity [Ashvaghosha] |
1513 | The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus] |
7908 | At the end of a saint, he is not located in space, but just ceases to be disturbed [Ashvaghosha] |