February 2012
20 posts
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“Three metamorphoses of the spirit do I designate to you: how the spirit becometh...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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Grice's Maxims
Maxim of Quality
Be Truthful Do not say what you believe to be false.
Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence.
Maxim of Quantity
Quantity of Information Make your contribution as informative as is required (for the current purposes of the exchange).
Do not make your contribution more informative than is required.
Maxim of Relevance
Be Relevant With respect to this...
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“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.”
– Thucydides
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“You may not believe me now, but you are probably a whole lot smarter than many...”
– edw519 @ news.yc
Does anybody know any good blogs that are similar...
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“This state cannot be reached merely by inner work.
There is a myth, sometimes...”
– Christopher Alexander, The Timeless Way of Building
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“We stumbled on in the darkness, over big stones and through large puddles, along...”
– Vicktor Frankl, A Man’s Search For Meaning
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January 2012
29 posts
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“The proximity of death, rather than depressing us, can be turned to our...”
– A Guide To The Good Life, William B. Irvine
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Make a goal of tranquility and a habit of fame and fortune.
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“To be as firm and resolute in my actions as I was able, and not to adhere less...”
– Descartes
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“Always to seek to conquer myself rather than fortune, to change my desires...”
– Descartes
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“The second and more important way we control other people’s...”
– Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, p. 98
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“The first real elements of speech were the final sounds of intentional calls...”
– Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, p. 132
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“Behold! there is nothing there. What we must do must come from ourselves. The...”
– Julian Jaynes
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“Tell stories about people.”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings...”
– Frank Herbert
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“Even such an unmetaphorical-sounding word as the verb ‘to be’ was...”
– Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (p. 51)
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December 2011
35 posts
