Gedankensplitter

philosophical ideas, inspirations, and quotes

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Scientia Potentia Est

“In a dyadic interaction, discrepancies in available knowledge establish an interpersonal hierarchy as knowledge translates into power. By knowing more, the range of possible behaviors and choices is extended for the knowing person. The knowledge must not but can be used. Therefore, regardless of intentions of the party, withholding information is an indirect reinforcement of existing power relations. Knowledge is used as a means to subordinate the other, ensuring and exerting one's dominance.” - Benjamin Fichte

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I once read a book written in a simple language, the author using simple words, describing a simple world. A simple language needs a simple world.

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The Responsibility of Science

There are two horses. A rope is attached to their bodies. They pull the rope in opposite directions. One of the horses is named ‘Truth’, the other is named ‘Sense.

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Oh mighty police

What I often observe, too often in my opinion, is that police men understand themselves as having the right to be obeyed. The police man enjoys being in charge, dictating the course of events. He demands respect for being what he is. He makes decisions and his decisions are final. There is no need to discuss for it is him, the police man, who serves the people. It is his duty to promote order and he is the bringer of justice. Yet, it is the philosopher who knows the nature of right and wrong best. Yet, it is the politican who knows the state best. Yet, it is the psychologist who knows humans best. Yet, it is the sociologist who knows society best. Yet, it is the lawyer who knows the law best. What does the police man know best?

In the end, the police man is just a man who falls prey to the beauty of power.

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Meaning(ful)

Searching for meaning is losing yourself. Finding meaning is denying yourself. Giving meaning is creating yourself. Having meaning is being yourself.

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In my world, love is a must. It is a necessity. One cannot be happy without love, cannot be a complete human being. Solitude is the greatest of all sins. Die miserably but do not die alone. Desperate to love, fearful of finding no one. We love quickly and love often. We love constantly, love at first sight. In times like these, what does love even mean?

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But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most [...].

Mark Twain ("Autobiography”)

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You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes!

Friedrich Nietzsche (”Thus Spoke Zarathustra”)

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Choice entails constraints. Freedom is the absence of choice, i.e. the absence of the need-to-choose.

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Every death should be a celebration of life, as it is its birth-giver, allowing it to be.

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Every moment is soaked with responsibility

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Every moment is a life that has to be lived.

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Retouching/Editing should be banned for selling untruths as truths.

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Expectation is the death of perfection

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Humanity craves perfection. We try to find it in everything. We look for it in nature, others, and ourselves. We straighten rivers, give feedback, and look in mirrors. We fail to understand that perfection is nothing but a human construct. It is desire and hope.

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What is life? Life is that what is brought into existence by death. Death is the origin of all life. A stone has no life because it cannot embrace death. A plant can. Thus, a plant lives.

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Freedom: A state of not-choosing, which ends with choice.

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