The real social function of philosophy is to prevent mankind from losing itself in the ideas which the existing organization of society instills into its members.
M. Horkheimer
#twisdom #freedom #critique
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Art Sees
Their function has been to make us see what we do not naturally perceive: They are the artists. H. Bergson
#twisdom #art
Face to Face
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
Oscar Wilde
#twisdom #conflict
Nature’s Comrade
The philosopher neither obeys nor commands; she seeks to be at one with nature.
H. Bergson
#twisdom #philo #intuition
Living Ideas
It is foolish to reckon that ideas are present only when they explicitly declare themselves.
Molly Worthen
#twisdom #ideas
Artistry
Art can never be understood but can only be seen as a kind of magic.
Bill Reid
#twisdom #art
Second-Hand World
Between consciousness & existence stand meanings, designs, communications which other men have passed on.
C.W. Mills
#twisdom #mediation
Best Enemy
Our enemies are our best teachers.
Buddhist saying
#twisdom #selfKnowledge
The New
No complication of the mathematical order with itself, however elaborate, can introduce an atom of novelty into the world.
Henri Bergson
#twisdom #creativity
Real Becoming
Rests placed beside rests will never be equivalent to a movement.
Henri Bergson
#twisdom #becoming
