As there are costs for non-compliance, there are costs for compliance, viz., the death of the mind. Judith Butler
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Category Archives: philosophy
Verba Anhelant
The words of the world want to make sentences.
G.Bachelard
#twisdom #meaning
Life’s Dance
Man muss das Leben tanzen.
You have to dance life.
F. Nietzsche
#twisdom #art
Not Logic
What is simple for our understanding is not necessarily so for our will.
H.Bergson
#twisdom #feeling
Philosophy & Unlearning
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
Art Sees
Their function has been to make us see what we do not naturally perceive: They are the artists. H. Bergson
#twisdom #art
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
