#reason
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of #reason, and whose #philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an #atheist by #scripture.
—Thomas Paine
Putin was awarded a medal for building a navy that strengthen Russian naval power on the oceans. 
This is pure satire as the Black sea fleet was defeated by Ukraine, which has no navy.
Russia is divorced from reality. Surely Russia (and now the USA) lay the seeds of their own destruction when they abandon reason.
Unfortunately it takes a long time to play out
#russia #satire #reason #putin
https://tass.com/politics/1994799
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CLÉANTE: Most men are strangely made; they always stray
Out of the natural and proper way;
Rejecting reason’s bounds as limitations,
They range about amid their aberrations;
Even the noblest things they often mar
By forcing them and pushing them too far.
[Les hommes, la plupart, sont étrangement faits;
Dans la juste nature on ne les voit jamais:
La raison a pour eux des bornes trop petites,
En chaque caractère ils passent ses limites;
Et la plus noble chose, ils la gâtent souvent,
Pour la vouloir outrer et pousser trop avant.]
Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 1, sc. 6 (1669) [tr. Frame (1967)]
Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/moliere/77969/
A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
Do unsavoury armpits and bad breath make you angry? What good will it do you? Given the mouth and armpits the man has got, that condition is bound to produce those odours.
“After all, though, the fellow is endowed with reason, and he is perfectly able to understand what is offensive if he gives any thought to it.”
Well and good: but you yourself are also endowed with reason; so apply your reasonableness to move him to a like reasonableness; expound, admonish. If he pays attention, you will have worked a cure, and there will be no need for passion; leave that to actors and streetwalkers.
[Τῷ γράσωνι μήτι ὀργίζῃ, μήτι τῷ ὀζοστόμῳ ὀργίζῃ; τί σοι ποιήσει; τοιοῦτον στόμα ἔχει, τοιαύτας μάλας ἔχει, ἀνάγκη τοιαύτην ἀποφορὰν ἀπὸ τοιούτων γίνεσθαι.
— ἀλλ̓ ὁ ἄνθρωπος λόγον ἔχει, φησί, καὶ δύναται συννοεῖν ἐφιστάνων τί πλημμελεῖ.
— εὖ σοι γένοιτο: τοιγαροῦν καὶ σὺ λόγον ἔχεις, κίνησον λογικῇ διαθέσει λογικὴν διάθεσιν, δεῖξον, ὑπόμνησον: εἰ γὰρ ἐπαίει, θεραπεύσεις καὶ οὐ χρεία ὀργῆς.
Οὔτε τραγῳδὸς οὔτε πόρνη.]
Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 5, ch. 28 (2.5) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]
Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2289…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations ##anger #badbreath #bodyodor #correction #dramaqueen #education #odor #offense #offensiveness #reason #reform #smell
A quotation from Douglas Adams
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
Dirk Gently, No. 1, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, ch. 30 [Dirk] (1987)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/29485/
A quotation from Thomas Fuller
Thou art not bound to believe any one positively against thy Reason, which God hath given thee to be thy Guide.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2019 (1727)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7…
A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Reason,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/77706…
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Philosophy through time… – philosophy indefinitely
https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/philosophy-through-time/
#reason : a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion
- French: motif
- German: der Grund
- Italian: ragione, motivo
- Portuguese: razão
- Spanish: razón
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We are approaching a #PointOfResonance (inspired by #Rosa): either we’ll admire the aesthetic beauty of our own destruction (#Benjamin), or we’ll branch off before the crash, rediscovering the creative dialectic of #Reason.
If you need answers so badly that you are willing to trust a machine to provide them for you, you need more than answers.
The truth has infinite paths. The lies only one.
☆ Maria Karvouni Truth
The Impossible Proof Of Knowing Nothing
#nonfiction #history #deception #deceit #philosophy #philosophicalhistory #epistemology #knowledge #solipsism #creativenonfiction #narrativenonfiction #parapsychology #philosophicalnonfiction #selfhelp #truecrime #hightech #high-tech #hightechnology #technology #creativity #spirituality #future #futuristic #futuristictech #historicalnonfiction #logic #reason #reasoning #wisdom #life
Public Service Announcement
If someone wants you to NOT THINK, they are NOT YOUR FRIEND
Don't worry about it
It's inevitable
We don't have time for this
You must decide now
This is above my pay-grade
It's not your problem
It is written
Meditation helps
I've always voted for them
There is nothing you can do about it
Might as well live with it
There no budget for that
Embrace AI or get out
Critical Glossary: New Concepts for Thinking the Age of the Megamachinocene
New concepts for thinking about the era of the #Megamachinocene: #coloniality of #centralPower, #predictiveControl society, #quantophrenicReason, #greatUnreason, #REASONance… So many tools for deciphering the ecological #crisis, #technologicalDomination, and the quest for a living and collective #reason.
so, my brethren in Linux:
*hypothetically* were i to use QEMU to host win10 in order to run Reason 12, is that a viable option, a clear stopgap, or a silly fantasy?
i mean, i know i can do it in virtualbox but why?
i really want to dump windows like yesterday, but until i can solve the Reason problem, i'm just asking questions....
