I have never found Sartre’s argument about how in choosing for oneself one chooses for all mankind to be convincing. His point seems to be that we can’t help but make for ourselves the choice we consider “best” (assuming we’re acting “de bonne foi”, that is, that it’s a deliberate choice following the principles of existentialism) and that we ( Read more... )

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.

Don't be humble, you're not that great.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.

Don't know if you saw this, but some are hilarious! I particularly love "ignoranus" at the end!

( neologisms" )

A hug in the dark
A kiss in the park
A turning away
A crumbling of day.

Wandering the dark can be scary ( Read more... )

I cry for the sadness of the world ( Read more... )

If any of you have views on education, based on admiration of or reaction against your own, I'd be curious in hearing what you have to say about any of these thoughts of Alfred North Whitehead's ( Read more... )

Or it would be if I were asleep instead of sitting in a bar in a country-house-turned-hotel in East Lancashire... Although the bar is a very nice room when it's not clogged with the smells of beer and cigarette smoke. Which at 4:30 am, it's not ( Read more... )

So, Justin, do I really weird you out if I tell you I love you? I'm feeling in a very expansive mood tonight, as though I can feel a lot of the goodness in the world, in spite of all its sorrow and despair, and I want to share that feeling with a handful of people who have gone out of their way for me recently. And in spite of your disclaimer ( Read more... )

I also picked up this week, but haven't started yet, "The Art of Fiction" by Ayn Rand.

( Ayn Rand? )