#greatthinkers — Public Fediverse posts
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There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.
― Robert G. Ingersoll, The Christian Religion: An Enquiry -
There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.
― Robert G. Ingersoll, The Christian Religion: An Enquiry -
"By suspending judgment, we find peace of mind." - Pyrrho of Elis (aprox. 360 BC to 270 BC)
Pyrrho traveled with Alexander the Great to India, encountering Eastern thought. He founded Greek Skepticism, arguing that absolute knowledge is impossible and peace comes from withholding opinion.
Source: Sextus Empiricus (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #skepticism #pyrrho #truth #history #mindfulness
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"By suspending judgment, we find peace of mind." - Pyrrho of Elis (aprox. 360 BC to 270 BC)
Pyrrho traveled with Alexander the Great to India, encountering Eastern thought. He founded Greek Skepticism, arguing that absolute knowledge is impossible and peace comes from withholding opinion.
Source: Sextus Empiricus (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #skepticism #pyrrho #truth #history #mindfulness
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"He has the most who is most content with the least." - Diogenes of Sinope (aprox. 412 BC to 323 BC)
Diogenes lived in Athens during the shift toward Hellenism. He rejected social conventions and material wealth, famously living in a ceramic jar to demonstrate true freedom through self-sufficiency.
Source: Diogenes Laërtius (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #cynicism #diogenes #freedom #history #wisdom
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"He has the most who is most content with the least." - Diogenes of Sinope (aprox. 412 BC to 323 BC)
Diogenes lived in Athens during the shift toward Hellenism. He rejected social conventions and material wealth, famously living in a ceramic jar to demonstrate true freedom through self-sufficiency.
Source: Diogenes Laërtius (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #cynicism #diogenes #freedom #history #wisdom
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"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution." - Hannah Arendt (1906 AD to 1975 AD)
Arendt fled Nazi Germany and later lived in the US. Her seminal work focused on the nature of totalitarianism, systemic power, and the vital importance of the public sphere.
Source: The Origins of Totalitarianism (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #arendt #politics #freedom #history #democracy
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"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution." - Hannah Arendt (1906 AD to 1975 AD)
Arendt fled Nazi Germany and later lived in the US. Her seminal work focused on the nature of totalitarianism, systemic power, and the vital importance of the public sphere.
Source: The Origins of Totalitarianism (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #arendt #politics #freedom #history #democracy
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"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 AD to 1900 AD)
Nietzsche critiqued traditional Christian morality, predicted the crisis of European nihilism, and introduced foundational concepts like the Übermensch.
Source: Twilight of the Idols (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #nietzsche #existentialism #psychology #history #individuality
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"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 AD to 1900 AD)
Nietzsche critiqued traditional Christian morality, predicted the crisis of European nihilism, and introduced foundational concepts like the Übermensch.
Source: Twilight of the Idols (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #nietzsche #existentialism #psychology #history #individuality
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"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." - Immanuel Kant (1724 AD to 1804 AD)
Kant spent his life in Königsberg during the Age of Enlightenment. He revolutionized philosophy by mapping the limits of human reason and creating the Categorical Imperative.
Source: Critique of Pure Reason (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #kant #enlightenment #ethics #reason #history
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"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." - Immanuel Kant (1724 AD to 1804 AD)
Kant spent his life in Königsberg during the Age of Enlightenment. He revolutionized philosophy by mapping the limits of human reason and creating the Categorical Imperative.
Source: Critique of Pure Reason (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #kant #enlightenment #ethics #reason #history
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"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common." - John Locke (1632 AD to 1704 AD)
Locke lived through the Glorious Revolution. He argued the mind is a blank slate (tabula rasa) and defined government as a contract protecting natural rights.
Source: Essay Concerning Human Understanding (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #locke #empirismus #enlightenment #liberty #politics
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"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common." - John Locke (1632 AD to 1704 AD)
Locke lived through the Glorious Revolution. He argued the mind is a blank slate (tabula rasa) and defined government as a contract protecting natural rights.
Source: Essay Concerning Human Understanding (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #locke #empirismus #enlightenment #liberty #politics
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"I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes (1596 AD to 1650 AD)
Descartes lived during the Thirty Years' War and the Scientific Revolution. By using radical doubt, he established modern rationalism and mind-body dualism.
Source: Discourse on the Method (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #descartes #rationalism #mind #history #science
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"I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes (1596 AD to 1650 AD)
Descartes lived during the Thirty Years' War and the Scientific Revolution. By using radical doubt, he established modern rationalism and mind-body dualism.
Source: Discourse on the Method (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #descartes #rationalism #mind #history #science
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"The things that we love tell us what we are." - Thomas Aquinas (1225 AD to 1274 AD)
Aquinas operated at the University of Paris. He famously synthesized Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine, building a comprehensive system of natural law.
Source: Summa Theologiae (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #theology #aquinas #scholasticism #middleages #reason
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"The things that we love tell us what we are." - Thomas Aquinas (1225 AD to 1274 AD)
Aquinas operated at the University of Paris. He famously synthesized Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine, building a comprehensive system of natural law.
Source: Summa Theologiae (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #theology #aquinas #scholasticism #middleages #reason
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"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page." - Augustine of Hippo (354 AD to 430 AD)
Augustine witnessed the decline of the Western Roman Empire. His profound integration of Neoplatonism into Christian theology shaped medieval scholastic thought.
Source: Confessions (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #theology #history #augustine #wisdom #time
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"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page." - Augustine of Hippo (354 AD to 430 AD)
Augustine witnessed the decline of the Western Roman Empire. His profound integration of Neoplatonism into Christian theology shaped medieval scholastic thought.
Source: Confessions (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #theology #history #augustine #wisdom #time
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"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." - Aristotle (aprox. 384 BC to 322 BC)
Aristotle studied at Plato's Academy and tutored Alexander the Great. He pioneered formal logic and ethics, arguing that virtue is found in the golden mean.
Source: Nicomachean Ethics (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #aristotle #logic #ethics #history #wisdom
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"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." - Aristotle (aprox. 384 BC to 322 BC)
Aristotle studied at Plato's Academy and tutored Alexander the Great. He pioneered formal logic and ethics, arguing that virtue is found in the golden mean.
Source: Nicomachean Ethics (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #aristotle #logic #ethics #history #wisdom
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"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself." - Plato (aprox. 428 BC to 348 BC)
Plato founded the Academy in Athens. He developed the Theory of Forms, arguing that our physical world is just a shadow of a higher, objective reality.
Source: Plato's Republic (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #plato #idealism #politics #history #wisdom
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"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself." - Plato (aprox. 428 BC to 348 BC)
Plato founded the Academy in Athens. He developed the Theory of Forms, arguing that our physical world is just a shadow of a higher, objective reality.
Source: Plato's Republic (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #plato #idealism #politics #history #wisdom
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"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less." - Socrates (aprox. 469 BC to 399 BC)
Socrates lived through the peak of Athenian democracy and the Peloponnesian War, before being sentenced to death by hemlock. He is the father of Western philosophy.
Source: Plato's Dialogues (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #democracy #wisdom #history #socrates #contemplation
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"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less." - Socrates (aprox. 469 BC to 399 BC)
Socrates lived through the peak of Athenian democracy and the Peloponnesian War, before being sentenced to death by hemlock. He is the father of Western philosophy.
Source: Plato's Dialogues (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #democracy #wisdom #history #socrates #contemplation
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"The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself." - Thales of Miletus (aprox. 624 BC to 546 BC)
Thales lived in Miletus and is considered the first Western philosopher. He searched for a primary natural substance, concluding that water is the origin of all things.
Source: Diogenes Laërtius (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #wisdom #history #thales #nature #greece
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"The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself." - Thales of Miletus (aprox. 624 BC to 546 BC)
Thales lived in Miletus and is considered the first Western philosopher. He searched for a primary natural substance, concluding that water is the origin of all things.
Source: Diogenes Laërtius (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #wisdom #history #thales #nature #greece
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The Best #Books About #Philosophers and #Philosophy
Get #philosophical with these #books about #greatthinkers from around the world.
https://www.biography.com/history-culture/g45485839/best-books-about-philosophers
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The Best #Books About #Philosophers and #Philosophy
Get #philosophical with these #books about #greatthinkers from around the world.
https://www.biography.com/history-culture/g45485839/best-books-about-philosophers