Philosophy Daily

Curating humanity’s most important thoughts

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"Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am)." ~ René Descartes, Cartesian Dualism

The fact that you can think is evidence that you exist. “Consciousness is the one thing in the universe that can’t be an illusion” ~ Sam Harris

#Descartes #CartesianPhilosophy

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@thinkingslave You’re right, the self is an illusion and thinking is the active process that makes up the illusory self.

The main point is made in the Harris quote. We could be products of God or ran on alien computers - still there is something that it’s like to be you. An observer.

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"Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am)." ~ René Descartes, Cartesian Dualism

The fact that you can think is evidence that you exist. “Consciousness is the one thing in the universe that can’t be an illusion” ~ Sam Harris

#Descartes #CartesianPhilosophy

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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde

Suffering visits all of us. How will you react to it?

“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” - Charles R. Swindoll #Wilde #Philosophy

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Mindfulness

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." - Buddha

Realise now that the present moment is all you ever have. The past and the future are abstractions that exist in this moment, now.

#Buddha #Philosophy

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Complacency

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
#Burke #Philosophy

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Consistency

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle

Your life is made up of what you do now, from moment to moment
#Aristotle #Philosophy

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Perspective:

"The only true voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust

Look at it as if for the very first time. Be like an alien who has no context for anything.

#Proust #Philosophy

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Self-reflection

"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates, Founder of Socratic Philosophy

“Know thyself” - inscribed on the temple of Apollo
#Socrates #SocraticPhilosophy

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"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master." - Plato, Founder of Platonic Philosophy

Responsibility, diligence and competence are important for both roles.
#Plato #PlatonicPhilosophy

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Transcendentalism

Embrace individuality “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde.

#Emerson #Transcendentalism

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"The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." - William Saroyan, Existentialism

You can find fulfilment in the downs as well as the ups in life.
#Saroyan #Existentialism

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@justtrytoanswer Above my shoulders

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@Kyle_Ireton Notion is great

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"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does." - Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism
#Sartre #Existentialism

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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought." - Buddha, Buddhist Philosophy

We identify as whatever thought or feeling is occupying our minds moment to moment.
#Buddha #BuddhistPhilosophy

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@EliseWoodard20 That’s what I’ve been thinking

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@Literary_Warloc Genius

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"Know thyself; for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves." - Socrates, Founder of Socratic Philosophy
#Socrates #SocraticPhilosophy