What Lao Tzu Believed and How It Shaped Taoism
"Lao Tzu’s existence on this Earth cannot be definitively proven, although the contributions to Taoism attributed to him continue to inspire people generations later."
https://www.thecollector.com/lao-tzu-taoism/
Books by Lao Tzu at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Lao+Tzu
Illustration of Lao Tzu from the book "Myths and Legends of China" by E.T.C. Werner also at PG
French philosopher, an influential early socialist thinker, and one of the founders of utopian socialism Charles Fourier was born #OTD in 1772.
He developed a comprehensive system of societal organization known as Fourierism which influenced many writers and thinkers such as Dostoevsky, André Breton, Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse and many others. He is is credited with having originated the word feminism in 1837.
About Fourier at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=charles+fourier&submit_search=Go%21
An Ancient Greek Philosopher Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock, Not a God
2,500 years ago, Anaxagoras correctly determined that the rocky moon reflects light from the sun, allowing him to explain lunar phases and eclipses
By David Warmflash via @SmithsonianMag
German philosopher Immanuel Kant was born #OTD 300 years ago!
Kant’s most famous work, the "Critique of Pure Reason", is often considered one of the most significant works in the history of philosophy. In this book, he introduced the concept of a priori synthetic judgments, arguing that our ability to perceive & understand the world is shaped by the ways our mind structures experiences.
Books by Immanuel Kant at PG:
The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
American philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist George Herbert Mead died #OTD in 1931.
He is considered one of the founders of social psychology and the school of thought known as symbolic interactionism. Mead’s most influential ideas revolve around the concept of the self, which he saw as arising from social interaction. Mead’s ideas were mostly published posthumously, with his students assembling his lectures and notes into books.
Austrian Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was born #OTD in 1899.
In Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, he attempted to delineate the limits of language. The book is structured around a series of numbered propositions and sub-propositions, which build on each other to create a dense, almost mathematical argument. In Philosophical Investigations, he introduced the concept of how words take their meanings from their function in various forms of life and activities.
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born #OTD in 1712.
In the literary sphere, Rousseau enjoyed great success with his epistolary novel Julie ou la nouvelle Héloïse, one of the best-selling works of the 18th century. In Les Confessions and Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire, he delves deeply into his innermost feelings.
Books by Jean-Jacques Rousseau at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1286
My personal column of essays about life and the world we live in. A bit of everything, I’m afraid. Philosophy, history, science, human behavior, and religion. Sometimes I take the long way around but it’s usually entertaining. Buy a ticket. Take the ride.
Self expression in poetry
You don't need to talk about your feelings or yourself to express yourself through art and creativity. Anything you might create about the world outside yourself is also about you.
https://rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2024-07-26-self-expression-in-poetry/
Seeking the Big Otter
I wrote about why it can be hard to know what you want and to ask for it, both on the internet and in person. Yes, this is a post about desire. Desire for hyperintellectual shitposting.
The mystic and the mathematician: What the towering 20th-century thinkers Simone and André Weil can teach today’s math educators.
By Scott Taylor via @ConversationUS
Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet George Santayana died #OTD in 1952.
The Sense of Beauty (1896), with a foreword by Arthur Danto, was his first book on aesthetics written in the United States. The Life of Reason recounts the “imaginative” path by which cultures and societies have been shaped. The great philosophical work in which he expounds his ontology and epistemology is The Realms of Being, which establishes four “regions” or domains of reality.
❗❗❗ INCOMING: a book announcement ❗❗❗
This is going to turn out either frabjously amazeballs or utterly disastrous.
https://courtcan.com/2024/09/26/incoming-a-book-announcement/
#AppetiteForParadox #WIP #PeterRollins #pyrotheology #WritingCommunity #nonfiction #MyNextRead #philosophy #theology #DeathOfGodTheology #AtheismForLent #theism #atheism #christianity #faith #doubt
#Society always tries to convince you that you need a solid reason to do something. It has to be worth your #time, whatever that means, and I always found that idea confusing.
For starters I never chose to have all this time. It was given to me randomly one day and I appeared here with a bunch of it, that everyone always wants.
What's worth my time is for me to decide, society just wants me to think differently so they can have a piece cuz it's valuable.
The consolations of philosophy
In my latest blog post I talk about three books that help me to understand, resist and find hope: The Unaccountability Machine, Stories Are Weapons, and The Dispossessed.
Decentering Judgment: Toward a Postmodern Communication Ethic
Martha Cooper, 1998
in Judgment Calls, ed J. Sloop
"While modernist conceptions of ethics might begin with principles drawn from religion, political theory, or other sources, a postmodern perspective toward ethics will begin with communication. Postmodernity poses a challenge because the very ground for judgments seems to have split apart beneath those who would judge"
Alfred North Whitehead, who died #OTD in 1947, was an English mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy, which today has found application to a wide variety of disciplines, including ecology, theology, education, physics, biology, economics, and psychology, among other areas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_North_Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/8283
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
Schopenhauer argued that the world is but an intricate dream, and what he suggested lies beyond it may shock you.
By Maysara Kamal
https://www.thecollector.com/arthur-schopenhauers-idealism-is-our-world-just-a-dream/
Books by Arthur Schopenhauer at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3648
The founders’ version of #memes and trash talk involved making obscure references to orators, philosophers, senators, consuls, and generals of the ancient republics.
https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/05/19/if-you-can-keep-it-from-caesar-and-catiline/
#history #culture #philosophy #Renaissance #SPQR #American #shitposting
3 philosophy classics that are better than self-help books
Self-help often distills philosophical ideas for the modern ear. Sometimes, its better to go back to the source.
By Jonny Thomson
https://bigthink.com/thinking/3-philosophy-classics-that-are-better-than-self-help-books/
The 3 philosophy classics are available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Nicomachean+Ethics&submit_search=Search
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3600
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49965
Simone Weil: Voluntary Worker
The weeks Weil spent working in French factories helped to develop her ideas about the meaning and value of labor.
By: Emily Zarevich
What Is Infinity? A Philosophical Approach
Infinity shapes philosophy, science, and ethics, challenging our understanding of reality, existence, and the limits of human thought.
By Viktoriya Sus
https://www.thecollector.com/what-is-infinity-philosophical-approach/
The Summer School on Panpsychism will be held at the Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb from 1-3 July 2025.
The keynotes are Hedda Hassel Mørch, David Papineau and Philip Goff.
PhD students: Submit 200–250 word abstracts by 31 March 2025 to present.
See: https://panpsychism.ifzg.hr
#panpsychism #philosophy #consciousness @philosophy @cognition
The Summer School on Panpsychism will be held at the Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb from 1-3 July 2025.
The keynotes are Hedda Hassel Mørch, David Papineau and Philip Goff.
PhD students: Submit 200–250 word abstracts by 31 March 2025 to present.
See: https://panpsychism.ifzg.hr
#panpsychism #philosophy #consciousness @Philosophy @cognition
aos meus queridos estoicos, curiosos ou simpatizantes, compartilho este site: https://stoic.guites.dev .
É baseado num site antigo que eu encontrei perambulando na small web e que gerou muitas conversas boas com o pessoal do trabalho (algumas que deram início a amizades de longa data).
Fui procurar ele essa semana e o site estava desativado.
Então, eis o estoico diário, engasgado.
#stoicism #estoicismo #filosofia #philosophy #surfandoWeb #smallWeb #indieWeb
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