An Emancipation of the Mind

Here she drew on her wartime reading of Hegel, who had analysed how rival consciousnesses wrestle for dominance, with one playing ‘master’ and the other ‘slave’. The master perceives everything from his own viewpoint, as is natural. But, bizarrely, so does the slave, who ties herself in knots trying to visualise the world from the master’s point of

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Après avoir démasqué le tyran et le prêtre dans son Traité théologico-politique, il reste à Spinoza à démasquer l’esclave, l’homme qui se croit libre, alors qu’il est en réalité soumis au pouvoir de son imagination, de ses désirs, de ses pulsions, de ses émotions. Tout le parcours de l’Éthique est donc un chemin de la servitude vers la liberté, de

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Homo Deus - Yuval Harari

Benthem- pleasure and pain dictate everything we do

Biochemical pursuit of happiness- develop products and treatments for unending stream of pleasant sensations

Buddha- pursuit of pleasant sensations is the root of suffering. We can train our minds to observe all sensations as they arise and pass. When the mind can see our se... See more