“Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than to be loved” -Niccolo Machiavelli

#philosophy #philosopher #wisdom #politicalphilosophy #truth #fear #love #philosophyquotes #machiavelli #realism #politics

https://blog.philoblognotes.com/2025/04/a-summary-of-machiavellis-political.html?m=1

“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. One man thinks himself the master of others, but remains more of a slave than they are.”

― Jean-Jacques Rousseau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau

I feel I am going to have to read more about his guy!

Collection of #Insightful #Quotes From #KahlilGibran

https://www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com/post/collection-of-insightful-quotes-from-kahlil-gibran

Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931) was a Lebanese-American #writer, #poet and visual artist; he was also considered a #philosopher, although he himself rejected the title.

#ScribesAndMakers 2503.28 — What would your best creative life look like if you weren't bound by reality?

In space, if you strike something you also fling yourself away. You need gravity. Something to strive against. You need hills and valleys, don't you? You have to experience the depths to appreciate the clear air of the snowy peaks.

Unbound by reality makes me think my creative life would lose all meaning. #Philosophy #philosopher

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#BoostingIsSharing and #CommentingIsCool

#gender #fiction #writer #author #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion

I need to know something. Maybe the #bluesci comm can help. I am recently a #PhD in #Chem. I am also a practicing amateur #philosopher / #historian who obtained his minor in Phil in undergrad. This means I read original works and commentary as seriously as I do my own sci #research when I can. 1/

I need to know something. Maybe the #bluesci comm can help. I am recently a #PhD in #Chem. I am also a practicing amateur #philosopher / #historian who obtained his minor in Phil in undergrad. This means I read original works and commentary as seriously as I do my own sci #research when I can. 1/

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

For a wrongdoer to be undetected is difficult; and for him to have confidence that his concealment will continue is impossible.

Even a thought, even a possibility, can shatter us and transform us.

Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

Why #Religion is a #Myth | #Philosopher #DanielDennett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5sx6RQPv84

I never could bear the idea of anyone's expecting something from me. It always made me want to do just the opposite.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Is it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in a slavish and abject way what is not in thy power?

#Fascism isn't a new phenomenon but is has a #history and understanding it is necessary for #prevention & #resistance.

There is an often overlooked work by #italian #writer, #philosopher & #antifascist #UmbertoEco

First published 1995 in the #NewYorkReviewOfBooks http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/

There was no #gamification that time

There is a #wikipedia article on it & many opportunities to find it in different languages

There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning... There is something. There is nothing.

#Malta’s #Eurovision entrant Miriana Conte banned from singing about ‘serving #Kant’ - https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/05/malta-eurovision-2025-entrant-miriana-conte-serving-kant-banned/ that's outrageous: I'm a huge fan of Kant, in fact he's my favourite #philosopher...