#philososphy

[justteenthingslol]

"Broken angels come from broken homes

And when broken angels learn to fly

They paint the sky rainbow"

-justteenthings

[afinaland]

[studyowlathena]

Nov. 7. 18

I got back my Philosophy paper and it wasn’t the grade I wanted, I’m going to have to go to office hours to see if I can improve my score for my next paper Nov. 19. High retention rate for my Art History lecture today, and not so for Philosophy lecture but discussion went well. On the good side, I made a couple new friends in my discussion, we made a group chat and plan to do a study group tomorrow. Tonight I want to do some Art History notecard and lecture study. It’s a good day to have a good day! 

Listening to: Rachel Portman, With Love

[thetruejerrycan]

The trick to philosophy is that there's no beginning and there is no end

[tagitables]

If I describe a language, I am describing something that belongs to physics. But how can a physical language describe the phenomenal?

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Remarks

[briery]

"Everything happens for a reason" is my very least favorite thing for someone to say. It is bad philosophy, bad theology, bad thinking, and bad advice. It manages to combine the maximum of ignorance with the maximum of arrogance.

Other forms of this include: "There is no such thing as coincidence," and: "It's all part of the great plan." They are all the intellectual offspring of Leibniz's ludicrous claim that "this is the best of all possible worlds." Each form betrays the same enormous conceit and the same willful negligence.

In his darkly comedic masterpiece, Candide, the great Voltaire shows exactly how stunning a lack of imagination one has to be possessed of to believe that everything happens for a reason.

Believing in a caring, planned out universe is a consolation that everyone wants to offer to themselves at some point, whether that involves a god or not. A beneficent, caring, superior being in control is something that we get used to as children, and we miss it when it is gone. I am simply saying that this is not a good way to go about getting that particular consolation.

[trashpinner]

@anidanny

[mundan3jpeg]

We are congealed bags of energy, we are screaming, glistening masses of water and blood and flesh. We ache we cry we desire.

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