Sublime

“Às vezes cogito como é que todos os que não escrevem, não compõem ou não pintam conseguem escapar da loucura, da melancolia, do pânico inerente à condição humana”.

Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it’s the safe side for madness to dip on.

Ne pas être un philosophe pour philosophes n'interdit pas d'être philosophe – bien au contraire.

Sartre does not deny that the need to keep making decisions brings constant anxiety. He heightens this anxiety by pointing out that what you do really matters.

Presumably, some of those drawn to Socrates were impressed primarily by his theorizing, while others were most impressed by his lifestyle. Plato belonged to the former group; in his Academy, Plato was more interested in exploring philosophical theory than in dispensing lifestyle advice. Antisthenes, in contrast, was most impressed with Socrates’ li

C’est pourquoi, lisant Sartre sur la liberté, Beauvoir sur les mécanismes subtils de l’oppression, Kierkegaard sur l’angoisse, Camus sur la révolte, Heidegger sur la technique ou Merleau-Ponty sur la science cognitive, on a parfois l’impression de lire les dernières nouvelles. Leurs philosophies restent intéressantes, non parce qu’elles sont vraies