A quotation from Smith, Sydney
It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman, essayist, wit
Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by His Daughter, Lady Holland, Vol. 1, ch. 3 (1855)
#quote #quotes #quotation #articulate #belief #faith #reason #religion #self-awareness #understanding
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/smith-sydney/73332/
We see that we have been thoughtless,
Straying from the path of #mindfulness.
We have stored up #afflictions and #ignorance,
Which have brought about so much #aversion and #sorrow.
There are times we have been weary of life
Because we are so full of #anxiety.
Because we do not understand others,
We are #angry and #resentful.
First we try to #reason with each other, then we #blame.
Every day the #suffering increases, making the rift greater.
There are days when we are unwilling to speak to each other,
Unwilling to look at each other in the face.
And we create internal formations, which last for a long time.
--- from the book Chanting from the Heart: Buddhist Ceremonies and Daily Practice
He who imposes his argument by bravado and command shows that it is weak in reason.
[Qui establit son discours par braverie et commandement, montre que la raison y est foible.]
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
“Of Cripples_ [Des Boyteux]”_ (1587), Essays, Book 3, ch. 11 (1595) [tr. Frame (1943)]
#quote #quotes #quotation #argument #assertion #authority #bravado #command #demand #intimidation #noise #position #power #reason #shouting
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kooPJ1bo_w
good points about #conspiracies #psyops #disclosureproject #authority
but seems to me they succumb to the folly they just pointed out, of #misinformation mixing in red herrings with truth, a misdirect, into #aliens.
#humaninnovation could very well have created these interstellar vessels, following on the tech arc from Michael Faraday through to Nikola Tesla (and countless others less well known, less showy).
#interesting light exploration of #officialdom, #reason, #expert, #narrative etc around #covid, as well as around the #ufo / #uap stuff.
nice assertion advocating better toolkit for #epistemology half way through. hurrah for #science and #awareness.
and then it steps up to the next level, speaking about the group that have gone "really rogue". #rogue #beyondblack
and then the usual old stuff about jfk assasination and watergate etc.
#rabbitholes #connections #quiteremarkable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8dherCfb7U
#art #philosophy #interpretation #analysis #psychology #susansontag #philosophizethis #critics #criticize #culture #normative #conformity #reason #identification #delusion #outliers #simoneweil #truth #marginalised #progress #perspective #perspectives #unreasonable #appearances #impersonaltones #hypersane #trust #distrust
A quotation from Havel, Vaclav
Isn’t it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourished human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.
Václav Havel (1936-2011) Czech playwright, essayist, dissident, politician
Speech, Salzburg Festival (26 Jul 1990)
#quote #quotes #quotation #absurdity #certainty #change #doubt #hope #hopelessness #life #logic #reason #sense
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/havel-vaclav/7228/
#dogma #theory #conjecture #notion #humility #npc #entertainideas #belief #ideas #nonbelief #noosphere #exploreideas #explorationofideas #refinementofideas #refinementofknowledge #evolutionofideas #cantgettherefromhere #earth #water #fire #air #love #throat #voice #space #ether #mind #spirit #gnosticism #gnosis #theoryofknowledge #truth #falsehood #falsifiability #psychology #beyondpsychology #noway #way #scientificmethods #thescientificmethod #dialogue #dialogues #rhetoric #discussion #conversation #logic #howdoyouknow #opinion #opinionmaking #rational #rationale #rationality #reason #argument #disagreement #hierarchyofdisagreement #debatepyramid #selfdefeatingargument #conflict #conflictresolution #higherminded #grounded #interestingperspective #differingperspectives #resolution #resolving #resolute #stubornmindedness #openmindedness #freethought #freespeech #debate #look #perspective
#challengingYourBelief
https://rumble.com/v278dta-challenging-your-belief.html
"the mark of an educated mind is to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" #AlanJames 's phrasing of the #goodquote / #idea attributed to #Aristotle
#intellectualhonesty #integrity #nonbelief #intellectualhumility #idontknow #entertaintheidea #psychology #cognitivedissonance #learntolearn #consider #encouragequestioning #questioneverything #questionmore #interview #thevobesshow #vobes #circleofwhitelight #educatedmind #themarkofaneducatedmind #narrative #tangiblesolutions #solutions #epistemology #philosophy #humility #psychologyasatool #psychologyasaweapon #government #governmind #advertisingormarketing #truth #questioning #followthewhiterabbit #thesearchfortruth #researching #evidence #presenttheevidence #educate #pedagogy #fluidbeliefsystem #intellectualflexibility #intellectualfluidity #newinformation #convictions #ego #identification #convictionsbecomeidentities #theignorancethatdiesisnotyou #comfortzone #stepoutsideyourcomfortzone #challengeyourbeliefs #parkyourego #programming #fervency #uncomfortabletruth #facethehorror #thematrix #redpill #waroftheworlds #planetoftheapes #theidea #theprogramming #seethesystemforwhatitreallyis #thelie #goldfishbowl #thefishthatneverjumps #questioning #virus #pandemic #procedure #ordinary #ordinaryexistence #existence #outsideordinaryexistence #virus #conflictofinterest #profit #forprofitmedicine #forprofithealthcare #oxymoron #apatientcuredisacustomerlost #establishedbestpractice #theonetruetruth #plandemic #publishedplans #scamdemic #racket #genocide #softkill #politicians #benevolence #fakecine #psyop #reason #coerced #coercion #mandate #duress #achoiceunderduressisnochoiceatall #achoiceunderduressisnochoiceatallisit #convince #terror #manipulation #fear #prefrontalcortex #criticalthinking #fightflight #notthinking #myopia #inducedmyopia #authoritarian #abusive #tyranny #keepcalm #theothersideofthenarrative #censorship #ifweheard #ostracised #ostricisation #thedoorthatopenswithagentletouch #pushpushpush #wakeup #2012 #2009 #2002 #1950s #1960s #fantasy #operationlockstep #patentgate2 #contingencyplans #powerhold #powergrab #inspirational #catchphrase #removethesquares #seemore #theresalwaysmore #lookfortheevidence #starttoquestionthings #meetthemwheretheyareat #oncetheylearnedtolearn #evidence #brucelee #rigidsystem #beliefmakesapoormeanstodeterminereality #appearances #usefulidiots #nefarious #nefarioustasks #otherrasons #deceivers #hierarchy #hierarchicalstructure #boardofdirectors #controlpeople #compartmentalisation #thecorporation #governmentparty #whips #slaves #slavery #OBEY #youarefreetodowhatwetellyou #challengethenarrative #perception #believeopinionasfact #naiverealism #comfortingselfdelusion #selfdelusion #ignoranceasbliss #dangerousidiacy #opinionated #prejudice #prejudices #stubbornprejudices #bigotry #whathappened #listentobothsidesofthstory #listentoallsidesofthestory #alliknowisiknownothing #socratic #startaskingquestions #anecdotalevidence #objectivitydelusion #doctrine #passivevoice #science #scientism #blindtrust #accademia #accademics #perception #beliefsystem #PR #insight #providesolutions #verykind #generationalindoctrination #governmentalindoctrination #questioningthenarrative #thenarrative #asifthereisonlyoneperspective #seethroughthedeceptions #questionmore #startlearning
"First, there is neither a God nor a devil; secondly, magistrates are not to be valued, churches are to be despised, and priests rejected; thirdly, instead of magistrates and priests, we have learning and reason, which, joined with conscience, teach us to live honestly, to hurt no man, and to give every one his due; fourthly, matrimony does not differ from fornication; fifthly, there is but one life, which is this, after which there are neither rewards nor punishments; the holy Scripture is inconsistent with itself."
-Micrcelii syntagma historic ecclesiasticce [1699]
A quotation from Jackson, Robert
Progress generally begins in skepticism about accepted truths. Intellectual freedom means the right to reexamine much that has been long taken for granted. A free man must be a reasoning man, and he must dare to doubt what a legislative or electoral majority may most passionately assert. The danger that citizens will think wrongly is serious, but less dangerous than atrophy from not thinking at all.
Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954) US Supreme Court Justice, lawyer, jurist, politician
American Communications Assn. v. Douds, 339 U.S. 382, 442 (1950) [concurrence and dissent]
#quote #quotes #quotation #doubt #freedom #heterodoxy #intellectualfreedom #progress #reason #tyrannyofthemajority
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[Arguments] seem unable to influence the masses in the direction of what is noble and good. For the masses naturally obey fear, not shame, and abstain from shameful acts because of the punishments associated with them, not because they are disgraceful.
[τοὺς δὲ πολλοὺς ἀδυνατεῖν πρὸς καλοκαγαθίαν προτρέψασθαι: οὐ γὰρ πεφύκασιν αἰδοῖ πειθαρχεῖν ἀλλὰ φόβῳ, οὐδ᾽ ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν φαύλων διὰ τὸ αἰσχρὸν ἀλλὰ διὰ τὰς τιμωρίας]
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek philosopher
Nicomachean Ethics [Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια], Book 10, ch. 9 (10.9.3-4) / 1179b.10ff (c. 325 BC) [tr. Crisp (2000)]
#quote #quotation #argument #disgrace #encouragement #fear #honor #morality #persuasion #philosophy #punishment #reason #shame #theory #virtue
More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/aristotle/5781/
