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  1. "For Hegel, your thoughts aren’t trapped in a cerebral box: they act on the world, making meaning and expressing your freedom"

    psyche.co/guides/how-to-think-

    #philosophy #hegel #idealism

  2. This is an outstanding collection of Rudolf J. Siebert’s most poignant essay on #hegel and his influence on the Frankfurt School, as well as Christian #LiberationTheology. #philosophy #germany #idealism #sociology #theology ekpyrosispress.com

  3. An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will make better soup.
    -- H. L. Mencken

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HLMencken #Idealism

    #Photography #Panorama #Palms #Florida

  4. An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will make better soup.
    -- H. L. Mencken

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HLMencken #Idealism

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  5. An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will make better soup.
    -- H. L. Mencken

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HLMencken #Idealism

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  6. An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will make better soup.
    -- H. L. Mencken

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HLMencken #Idealism

    #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Canyonlands #Utah

  7. A quotation from John Maynard Keynes

    [Capitalism is] the astonishing belief that the nastiest motives of the nastiest men somehow or other work for the best results in the best of all possible worlds.

    John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) English economist
    (Attributed)

    Vague sourcing, extensive notes: wist.info/keynes-john-maynard/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #keynes #avarice #benefits #capitalism #commongood #commonwealth #endsandmeans #evil #greed #idealism #meme #motivation #nastiness #optimum #results #selfinterest #wealth #wickedness

  8. Here is the next Speculative Fictions Studies video in the series on Jorge Luis Borges' story Tlön, Uqbar, Orbus Tertius, this one looking at his outlines of this imaginary idealistic civilization

    youtu.be/lmjH3FBh9WA
    #Video #Borges #Worldbuilding #Tlon #Idealism #Literature

  9. "Let humanity perish rather than the principle! This has been the motto of utopians and fanatics throughout the ages. Socialism, interpreted in this way, has become a religion […] which in the nineteenth century is the least revolutionary of all."

    Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1851, in "Idée générale de la Révolution au XIXe siècle"

    #moralBeauty #moralGround #highGround #idealism #vertue #utopia #righteous #righteousness #justness #morals #morality #satisfaction #fulfilment #fulfillment #permeation #infusion #earnest #serious #vote #politics #SpotAndDiscard #ideology #revolution #Proudhon

  10. "Let humanity perish rather than the principle! This has been the motto of utopians and fanatics throughout the ages. Socialism, interpreted in this way, has become a religion […] which in the nineteenth century is the least revolutionary of all."

    Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1851, in "Idée générale de la Révolution au XIXe siècle"

    #moralBeauty #moralGround #highGround #idealism #vertue #utopia #righteous #righteousness #justness #morals #morality #satisfaction #fulfilment #fulfillment #permeation #infusion #earnest #serious #vote #politics #SpotAndDiscard #ideology #revolution #Proudhon

  11. "Let humanity perish rather than the principle! This has been the motto of utopians and fanatics throughout the ages. Socialism, interpreted in this way, has become a religion […] which in the nineteenth century is the least revolutionary of all."

    Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1851, in "Idée générale de la Révolution au XIXe siècle"

    #moralBeauty #moralGround #highGround #idealism #vertue #utopia #righteous #righteousness #justness #morals #morality #satisfaction #fulfilment #fulfillment #permeation #infusion #earnest #serious #vote #politics #SpotAndDiscard #ideology #revolution #Proudhon

  12. "Let humanity perish rather than the principle! This has been the motto of utopians and fanatics throughout the ages. Socialism, interpreted in this way, has become a religion […] which in the nineteenth century is the least revolutionary of all."

    Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1851, in "Idée générale de la Révolution au XIXe siècle"

    #moralBeauty #moralGround #highGround #idealism #vertue #utopia #righteous #righteousness #justness #morals #morality #satisfaction #fulfilment #fulfillment #permeation #infusion #earnest #serious #vote #politics #SpotAndDiscard #ideology #revolution #Proudhon

  13. "Let humanity perish rather than the principle! This has been the motto of utopians and fanatics throughout the ages. Socialism, interpreted in this way, has become a religion […] which in the nineteenth century is the least revolutionary of all."

    Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1851, in "Idée générale de la Révolution au XIXe siècle"

    #moralBeauty #moralGround #highGround #idealism #vertue #utopia #righteous #righteousness #justness #morals #morality #satisfaction #fulfilment #fulfillment #permeation #infusion #earnest #serious #vote #politics #SpotAndDiscard #ideology #revolution #Proudhon

  14. "No one is wilfully evil. It is enough for a man to know what is good for him necessarily to do it."
    For Socrates, the authentic practice of virtue presupposes knowing the essence of the Good.
    "Know thyself" is therefore an invitation that means "discover the good that is in you; listen to the divinity that speaks to your conscience".

  15. "No one is wilfully evil. It is enough for a man to know what is good for him necessarily to do it."
    For Socrates, the authentic practice of virtue presupposes knowing the essence of the Good.
    "Know thyself" is therefore an invitation that means "discover the good that is in you; listen to the divinity that speaks to your conscience".

    #moralBeauty #moralGround #highGround #idealism #utopia #vertue #justness #philosophy #philo #studies #Good #goodness #quotation #quotations #citation #Socrates

  16. "No one is wilfully evil. It is enough for a man to know what is good for him necessarily to do it."
    For Socrates, the authentic practice of virtue presupposes knowing the essence of the Good.
    "Know thyself" is therefore an invitation that means "discover the good that is in you; listen to the divinity that speaks to your conscience".

    #moralBeauty #moralGround #highGround #idealism #utopia #vertue #justness #philosophy #philo #studies #Good #goodness #quotation #quotations #citation #Socrates

  17. "No one is wilfully evil. It is enough for a man to know what is good for him necessarily to do it."
    For Socrates, the authentic practice of virtue presupposes knowing the essence of the Good.
    "Know thyself" is therefore an invitation that means "discover the good that is in you; listen to the divinity that speaks to your conscience".

    #moralBeauty #moralGround #highGround #idealism #utopia #vertue #justness #philosophy #philo #studies #Good #goodness #quotation #quotations #citation #Socrates

  18. "No one is wilfully evil. It is enough for a man to know what is good for him necessarily to do it."
    For Socrates, the authentic practice of virtue presupposes knowing the essence of the Good.
    "Know thyself" is therefore an invitation that means "discover the good that is in you; listen to the divinity that speaks to your conscience".

    #moralBeauty #moralGround #highGround #idealism #utopia #vertue #justness #philosophy #philo #studies #Good #goodness #quotation #quotations #citation #Socrates