Stephen Margetts

Great philosophers & thinkers are explorers - cartographers of the spirit - mapping the universal soul. Our job? Assemble their wisdom; piece together their map

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

True philosophy is depth psychology: study of the interplay of thoughts and feelings; how they drive each other unseen by the conscious mind

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

Happy 2022!! As William James said: “The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook”. This year, let’s unite in a quest to identify our central agreement; let’s skate above the anxious noise of small and distracting points of difference #pragmatism #williamjames

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

Great interview with @FergalGaynor. In 1937, the Irish Constitution was a forerunner in incorporating ‘dignity’ as a principal value - Ireland can lead the way again.

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

Fergal Gaynor is an extraordinary lawyer and leader in international criminal law - who I was fortunate to work with on the Radovan Karadzic prosecution in The Hague. His professionalism, insight, ethics, leadership and judgment would serve the ICC and ICL generally, superbly.

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

@julieschatworld Nicely said. Or as Spinoza expressed it: To those who understand their circumstances that which would be a calamity to another is merely a passing discord in the ultimate state of harmony.

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

@FrankBruni Thank you @FrankBruni for telling it how it is with a message of hope and resilience. In the right circumstances people can overcome the fear that grounds their hate. A dignified life is expansive. The narrow mindset of hate is hopeless: a giving up on life and possibility.

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

@AOC That is ‘dignity’. Reject identity politics and unite through politics of dignity!

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

Instead of the “pursuit of happiness”, isn’t “happiness the pursuit”? Maybe the “dignified pursuit”? When you believe you can fulfill your needs and you’re on track to satisfy them, you’re in the flow and you’re happy. We’re in constant motion & happy when things roll our way...

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

Religions couple belief in an eternal divinity with a compassionate moral code. Why? Is the critical wisdom of religion that we overcome our sense of impermanence through moral sentiment? Religion vests us in an ethic of compassion for that which survives us: others and nature.

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

“I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves .... The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty” Albert Einstein

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

Religion and life generally, is a battleground between sensuality and compassion/rationalism. When we concentrate on the joy and power of the heart and mind - on inspirational beauty - we’re on the right path. This is what religions teach - they set the rules of engagement.

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

#Maslow’s hierarchy of needs confuses needs with emotions - ‘esteem and self-actualization’ are emotions not needs - crazy & critical error.

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

@jungianLaura, Rousseau, Hume, Smith agreed, seeing compassion, empathy, morality. Hobbes saw competitive cruelty & society was so designed

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

@ashleywhitaker_ @PhilZimbardo @kschneider56 Tx!! Gotta break free of the self-enclosed/self-referencing systems we live in... fox and msnbc

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

@ashleywhitaker_ Hey! Take care! Here's a great article from David Brooks where he poses the old Hobbes/Rousseau q.

https://t.co/qElrCuavJq

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

The fundamental philosophical question: Does our nature determine our ideas? If so, how? If not, what does?

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

Marvin Gaye - as insightful, brilliant and prophetic now as then ...
https://t.co/kGkxjQKri7

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

Thanks Mark! Great collection - some reading to do ... https://t.co/PVJPo7IA7j

[HighExistence @highexistence]

Friedrich Nietzsche’s Stunning Meditation on the Tragedy of Conformity: https://t.co/yCzDvlmdq4

[Stephen Margetts @SoulDriving]

Tx Wisdom Quest!! Here's my attempt to put together the insights you're posting out there every day. Thanks!!! https://t.co/UQ4cOy5cFQ

[The Wisdom Quest @TheWisdomQuest]

@SoulDriving offers a psychology of dignity, philosophy of harmony & life path guided by the inspiration of the soul https://t.co/WpCiiIZvpj