On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts
A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth either in himself or anywhere around him, and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others. Not respecting anyone, he ceases to love, and having no love, he gives himself up to passions and coarse pleasures, in order to occupy and amus
... See moreLarissa Volokhonsky • The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
crime was to them what art is to us, simply a method of procuring extraordinary sensations."
Oscar Wilde • The Picture of Dorian Gray
One of the first incidents of his life related in the Confessions occurred in his boyhood, and did not, in itself, greatly distinguish him from other boys. It appears that, with some companions of his own age, he despoiled a neighbour’s pear tree, although he was not hungry, and his parents had better pears at home. He continued throughout his life
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Savez-vous ce que c’est que l’amok14 ? — Amok ?… je crois me souvenir… c’est une espèce d’ivresse chez les Malais… — C’est plus que de l’ivresse… c’est de la folie, une sorte de rage humaine… une crise de monomanie meurtrière et insensée, à laquelle aucune intoxication alcoolique ne peut se comparer.