Intrinsically there should be no more choice between Islam and Christianity than there is between an Arab and a Jew. The decision is already reached; nobody remains at liberty to choose here. Either a man is a Chandala or he is not… . “War to the knife with Rome! Peace and friendship with Islam!”: this was the feeling, this was the act, of that great free spirit, that genius among German emperors, Frederick II.
— The Antichrist, by Friedrich Nietzsche
— The Antichrist, by Friedrich Nietzsche
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A theory on how language evolved:
Synesthetic Bootstrapping Theory
Forwarded from a hook into an eye
"Better never means better for everyone. It always means worse, for some."
Just as water is the element of fish, the element of human beings is language.
— Maurice Merleau-Ponty
— Maurice Merleau-Ponty
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues.
— René Descartes
— René Descartes
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If I had to define a major depression in a single sentence, I would describe it as a "genetic/neurochemical disorder requiring a strong environmental trigger whose characteristic manifestation is an inability to appreciate sunsets.
(Robert M. Sapolsky)
If I had to define a major depression in a single sentence, I would describe it as a "genetic/neurochemical disorder requiring a strong environmental trigger whose characteristic manifestation is an inability to appreciate sunsets.
(Robert M. Sapolsky)
Forwarded from خطّ يخطُّ
Forwarded from a hook into an eye
It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well..
For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.
For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.
Politics is the art of after-the-fact* rationalization.
*Latin: post-hoc
*Latin: post-hoc
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Politics is the art of after-the-fact* rationalization. *Latin: post-hoc
A politician first conceives an agenda or an objective, then he or she rationalizes it and makes it sound as if it is being implemented for the benefit of the people. It's not a feature of Iraqi politics, but of politics as such.