Sublime

Nietzsche claims, that a philosopher, to deserve our respect, must preach by example,

our internal monologues can toggle between liberal and conservative channels is that we do not keep track of the logical consistency of our thoughts the way we believe we do.

A meritocracy can only function through a centrally directed and rigidly planned system that measures ‘production’ and individual contributions to it. The nature of the system limits the number of ‘winners’; only the best can be boss.8

Most philosophers since Descartes have attached importance to the theory of knowledge, and their doing so is largely due to him. “I think, therefore I am” makes mind more certain than matter, and my mind (for me) more certain than the minds of others.

One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share.

Que la morale soit nécessaire, c’est une évidence, et d’autant plus qu’elle nous fait davantage défaut : elle n’est nécessaire qu’à proportion de notre insuffisance, et c’est pourquoi elle l’est toujours. Elle n’est bonne que pour les méchants ou les médiocres, elle n’est bonne que pour les égoïstes ; c’est pourquoi elle est bonne pour nous tous, h

No man can see over his own height. Let me explain what I mean. You cannot see in another man any more than you have in yourself; and your own intelligence strictly determines the extent to which he comes within its grasp. If your intelligence is of a very low order, mental qualities in another, even though they be of the highest kind, will have no