24 ideas
9247 | Life will be lived better if it has no meaning [Camus] |
23367 | Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus] |
6707 | Suicide - whether life is worth living - is the one serious philosophical problem [Camus] |
9245 | To an absurd mind reason is useless, and there is nothing beyond reason [Camus] |
9244 | Logic is easy, but what about logic to the point of death? [Camus] |
9249 | Whether we are free is uninteresting; we can only experience our freedom [Camus] |
9253 | The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it [Camus] |
21740 | I doubt whether ethics is part of philosophy [Russell] |
9250 | Discussing ethics is pointless; moral people behave badly, and integrity doesn't need rules [Camus] |
21741 | 'You ought to do p' primarily has emotional content, expressing approval [Russell] |
9252 | The more one loves the stronger the absurd grows [Camus] |
21746 | Unlike hate, all desires can be satisfied by love [Russell] |
21747 | Goodness is a combination of love and knowledge [Russell] |
21743 | In wartime, happiness is hating the enemy, because it gives the war a purpose [Russell] |
21742 | Originally virtue was obedience, to gods, government, or custom [Russell] |
9251 | One can be virtuous through a whim [Camus] |
21745 | Act so as to produce harmonious rather than discordant desires [Russell] |
9243 | If we believe existence is absurd, this should dictate our conduct [Camus] |
6708 | Happiness and the absurd go together, each leading to the other [Camus] |
9242 | Essential problems either risk death, or intensify the passion of life [Camus] |
9246 | Danger and integrity are not in the leap of faith, but in remaining poised just before the leap [Camus] |
21744 | Legally curbing people's desires is inferior to improving their desires [Russell] |
9248 | It is essential to die unreconciled and not of one's own free will [Camus] |
22891 | We could be aware of time if senses briefly vibrated, extending their experience of movement [Russell, by Bardon] |