23 ideas
21844 | The history of philosophy is an agent of power: how can you think if you haven't read the great names? [Deleuze] |
21849 | Thought should be thrown like a stone from a war-machine [Deleuze] |
21845 | Philosophy aims to become the official language, supporting orthodoxy and the state [Deleuze] |
21839 | When I meet objections I just move on; they never contribute anything [Deleuze] |
21841 | We must create new words, and treat them as normal, and as if designating real things. [Deleuze] |
21842 | Don't assess ideas for truth or justice; look for another idea, and establish a relationship with it [Deleuze] |
21850 | Dualisms can be undone from within, by tracing connections, and drawing them to a new path [Deleuze] |
18170 | The Axiom of Reducibility is self-effacing: if true, it isn't needed [Quine] |
21838 | Before we seek solutions, it is important to invent problems [Deleuze] |
21847 | Before Being there is politics [Deleuze] |
21840 | A meeting of man and animal can be deterritorialization (like a wasp with an orchid) [Deleuze] |
21843 | People consist of many undetermined lines, some rigid, some supple, some 'lines of flight' [Deleuze] |
8239 | If the King likes music then there is hope for the state [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
23398 | Human nature is naturally compassionate and good (as a 'sprout'), but people may not be good [Mengzi (Mencius), by Norden] |
23400 | Righteousness is extending the unthinkable, to reveal what must be done [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
23399 | Each correct feeling relies on an underlying virtue [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
8235 | Should a coward who ran fifty paces from a battle laugh at another who ran a hundred? [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
8240 | A true king shares his pleasure with the people [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
8237 | Extend the treatment of the old and young in your family to the rest of society [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
21848 | Some lines (of flight) are becomings which escape the system [Deleuze] |
8241 | Only put someone to death if the whole population believes it is deserved [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
8238 | Seeking peace through war is like looking for fish up a tree [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
8236 | Avoid the animals you are going to eat, as it is hard once you have got to know them [Mengzi (Mencius)] |