#phil

Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it. ↗

— Theodor W. Adorno

#philosophy #art

As soon as we notice that certain types of event "like" to cluster together at certain times, we begin to understand the attitude of the Chinese, whose theories of medicine, philosophy, and even building are based on a "science" of meaningful coincidences. The classical Chinese texts did not ask what causes what, but rather what "likes" to occur with what. ↗

— M.L. von Franz

#jung #jungian #man-and-his-symbols #synchronicity #attitude

Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#philosophy #wisdom #life

You know, I've taught philosophy for years and one argues in the hypothetical all the time. ↗

— Bill Bennett

#i #know #philosophy #taught #time

My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy. ↗

— Gary Wright

#extension #indian #lyrics #music #philosophy

I always thought old age would be a writer’s best chance. Whenever I read the late work of Goethe or W. B. Yeats I had the impertinence to identify with it. Now, my memory’s gone, all the old fluency’s disappeared. I don’t write a single sentence without saying to myself, ‘It’s a lie!’ So I know I was right. It’s the best chance I’ve ever had. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#philosophy #writer #age

Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It's the only one. It's based on thousands of years of human experience. There is nothing narrow about the conservative philosophy. It's a liberating philosophy. It is a magnificent philosophy. It is a philosophy for the ages, for all times. ↗

— Mark R. Levin

#broad #conservatism #enduring #experience #magnificent

You live in a deranged age - more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing. ↗

— Walker Percy

#existentialism #philosophy #age

Man's status in the natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his thinking. ↗

— Manly P. Hall

#philosophy-of-life #age

Philosophers have often held dispute As to the seat of thought in man and brute For that the power of thought attends the latter My friend, thy beau, hath made a settled matter, And spite of dogmas current in all ages, One settled fact is better than ten sages. (O,Tempora! O,Mores!) ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#wisdom #age