Neil Young Never Hated the Man
He just hated THAT man
Topic
Philosophy
A collection of 133 issues
You See What You Are
"[E]ach man judges others by his own state, that is, by what he is himself--in virtues or sins." Symeon the New Theologian.
Many thinkers, such as Marcus Aurelius, made this same observation.
The Amazon link takes you to an excellent book about Symeon. Like all books in
Are You Engaged in the Act of Existence? Then You’re a Man of the Tao
Introducing "The Reality Spectrum"
How to Break on Through to the Other Side
The Doors released their first single in 1967: “Break on Through (to the Other Side),” a tribute of sorts to Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception.
Huxley had been trying to break on through to the other side for years. He put together a splendid book in the 1940s
The Left Hemisphere is a Paradox Moron
It is very possible that "paradoxes are actually fundamental to reality. . . . We exist in a world, of not forms, but of paradoxes." Lex Fridman (Edward Frenkel, #370), 1:10:25
How to Escape the Selfishness Paradox
Hint: Stop Thinking About It
The word “selfish” trended strongly over the past few years.
People who wouldn’t lock down: selfish. People who wouldn’t get the vaccine: selfish. People who rail against economic inequality: selfish (manifested in envy).
The problem with alleging selfishness, though, is that every human
How to Break a Maniac
My daughter sent that comic to me. The whole thing shows three ancient philosophers competing in the Philosophy event at the Greek Olympics: Thales, who declares everything is water. Zeno, who declares motion is impossible. Socrates, who declares they’re full of bulls***.
Socrates won.
But of course, he didn’
Focus on the Need for Focus
"All of my time and attention are spoken for—several times over. Please do not
ask for them."
I took my advice [https://thedailyeudemon.com/54960/] and decided to finish Cal Newport’s Deep
Work [https://amzn.to/3pzv8Ki], which I had started twice but abandoned because
it’
Why Do Dudes in Vegas Look Like That?
Exploring the Vegas Bod
When you think “Vegas body,” you probably think “sultry,” “skanky,” “sensual,” or “slinky”: what the showgirl looks like off-hours, like when a high school friend and I went to the Windsor Ballet 35 years ago and I swore that that woman walking in the mall the
The Three Ideals of the Enlightenment
Isaiah Berlin summarized the Enlightenment ideals in these three premises, which Enlightenment thinkers held with religious-like fervor (to David Hume's amusement and, later, to Dostoyevsky's disgust):
1. Every genuine question can be answered. If it can’t be answered, it’s not a genuine question.
2.