The Bildung Life

A soul’s survey of all that is enchanting, beautiful and arcane.
I cover philosophy, psychology, the phenomenology of human nature and much more.

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I’m happy to announce the launch of The Bildung Life website.

It features all of my work and much more!
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[Jash Dholani @oldbooksguy]

Writing tip: make clear assertions

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@robkhenderson It is no more morally decadent to color American outlook on the assassination along partisan lines than it is to laud it in the first place.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Dostoevsky, I firmly believe this

[Ashwin Sharma @Ashwinreads]

camus was right, real authenticity lies in knowing when to reveal yourself and when to hold back. otherwise your constant self expression becomes a performance to impress others and slowly erodes into vanity. but in restraint, authenticity transforms into an act of generosity, like when someone opens up at just the right moment and you see them in a whole new light.

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@BriannaWu Not sure how this is a hot take. Commonly understood from my observation.
It's just that some of us lack the words to synthesize this non-exercise academics do.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Carl Jung on death and truly being alive

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@shayvswift All you really have is your grief and then some, sprinkled with little pinches of meaning interspersed through your weeks.

Cherish both.

[Nabeel S. Qureshi @nabeelqu]

Met a longtime meditator today who told me his inner monologue vanished and he missed it and regretted losing it. Also that he missed having some anxiety/neuroticism because it’s a useful source of fuel/drive. Meditation is great, but should come with a warning label.

[Søren Kierkegaard Club @Kierkegaarddd]

damn

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

When Cormac McCarthy went on Oprah

“It may be that the subconscious is really a committee. They may have meetings and say: What do you think we should tell him? Should we tell him that? No, he’s not ready for that.”

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“It is better to always have the respect of others than to sometimes have their admiration.” — J. J. Rousseau

The human imperative is decidedly against this idea because we seek to be seen not sensed.

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@TicTocTick “Thinking” is ghetto, stop it.

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@TheAtlantic This is Kant on noise.

“It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought. Of course, where there is nothing to interrupt, noise will not be so particularly painful.”

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@Rainmaker1973 More post-modern architectural garbage anyone?

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@RcaZenith It’s a real shame there’s no serious cost to having a negligent attitude when it comes to learning the unspoken rules of a new place.

Understanding the boundaries and nuances of the new place you wish to inhabit and call home should be your first prerogative.

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@nahrzf Michael Sugrue’s philosophy lectures.