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Freud, who amassed 3,000 inanimate objects, believed...

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2025/10/27

Freud, who amassed 3,000 inanimate objects, believed that collecting was a substitute for sexual satisfaction The post Freud, who amassed 3,000 inanimate objects, believed that collecting was a substitute for sexual satisfaction appeared first on Philosophy News.

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How Zadie Smith stopped worrying about what she wore...

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2025/10/27

How Zadie Smith stopped worrying about what she wore and went berserk. "I’ve taught Kafka in a kaftan and Muriel Spark in sparkles"The post How Zadie Smith stopped worrying about what she wore and went berserk. “I’ve taught Kafka in a kaftan and Muriel Spark in sparkles” appeared first on Philosophy News.

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The financial viability of serious literary fiction...

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2025/10/27

The financial viability of serious literary fiction has been in doubt for over 40 years. And yet these books continue to be written, sold, and read The post The financial viability of serious literary fiction has been in doubt for over 40 years. And yet these books continue to be written, sold, and read appeared first on Philosophy News.

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philosophybits: “To say that the world is not worth...

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2025/10/27

philosophybits: “To say that the world is not worth anything, that life is of no value, and to give evil as the proof is absurd, for if these things are worthless what does evil take from us?” — Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace The post philosophybits: “To say that the world is not worth anything, that life is of no value, and to give… appeared first on Philosophy News.

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“The wrong manner turns everything sour, even justice...

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2025/10/26

“The wrong manner turns everything sour, even justice and reason. The right one makes up for everything: it turns a “no” golden, sweetens truth, and makes even old age look pretty.” - Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom The post “The wrong manner turns everything sour, even justice and reason. The right one makes up for…” appeared first on Philosophy News.

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philosophybits: “It is not the young people that...

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2025/10/26

philosophybits: “It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of maturer age are already sunk into corruption.” — Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws The post philosophybits: “It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of… appeared first on Philosophy News.

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“Understanding the totality of my work as an author,...

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2025/10/26

“Understanding the totality of my work as an author, the maieutic purpose, etc. also means understanding my personal existence as an author, what I have done qua author in my personal life to give it support, throw light on it, conceal it, give it direction, etc.: something even more wide-ranging than, and just as interesting as, the whole authorship itself. And in a more ideal sense it all leads back to ‘the single individual’, who is not myself in an empirical sense but the author.” - Søren

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Exploring Israel’s assault on truth, reason and respect

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2025/10/26

Let us start with David Hume. Context, caveats and nuances come later. Here is Hume, writing with regard to alleged miracles: When any one tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider whether it be more probable, that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. (Abridged extract, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, 10.13) We no doubt hold many beliefs that we mistakenly assume to be rational

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The Epistemology of Religion

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2025/10/26

[Revised entry by Peter Forrest on October 26, 2025. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] This entry focuses on two topics, evidentialism and disagreement. They are related because one reaction to the latter could be return to the former. Both are general epistemological topics but seem especially pertinent to religion, which not merely provides examples but […] The post The Epistemology of Religion appeared first on Philosophy News.

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philosophybits: “Man is free at the instant he wants...

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2025/10/26

philosophybits: “Man is free at the instant he wants to be.” — Voltaire, Brutus The post philosophybits: “Man is free at the instant he wants to be.” — Voltaire, Brutus appeared first on Philosophy News.

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philosophybits:“Generally speaking, the errors in...

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2025/10/19

philosophybits: “Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.” — David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature The post philosophybits: “Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only… appeared first on Philosophy News.

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thirdity: “Whereas representation attempts to absorb...

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2025/10/18

thirdity: “Whereas representation attempts to absorb simulation by interpreting it as a false representation, simulation envelops the whole edifice of representation itself as a simulacrum. Such would be the successive phases of the image: it is the reflection of a profound reality; it masks and denatures a profound reality; it masks the absence of a profound reality; it has no relation to any reality whatsoever; it is its own pure simulacrum.” — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation The post

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“I

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2025/10/18

philosophybits: “What is meaningful cannot in fact be isolated… We achieve understanding within a circular movement from particular facts to the whole that includes them and back again from the whole thus reached to the particular significant facts.” — Karl Jaspers, General Psychopathology The post philosophybits: “What is meaningful cannot in fact be isolated… We achieve understanding within a… appeared first on Philosophy News.

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“If you do the job in a principled way, with...

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2025/10/18

“If you do the job in a principled way, with diligence, energy and patience, if you keep yourself free of distractions, and keep the spirit inside you undamaged, as if you might have to give it back at any moment… If you can embrace this without fear or expectation — can find fulfillment in what you’re doing now, as Nature intended, and in superhuman truthfulness (every word, every utterance) — then your life will be happy. No one can prevent that.” - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (3.12) The post

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philosophybits: “As sight is to body, so...

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2025/10/18

philosophybits: “As sight is to body, so understanding is to soul.” — Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics The post philosophybits: “As sight is to body, so understanding is to soul.” — Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics appeared first on Philosophy News.

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In England, the Central Council of Church Bell...

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2025/10/18

In England, the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers has closely regulated the practice since 1891. Not everyone is happy about that The post In England, the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers has closely regulated the practice since 1891. Not everyone is happy about that appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Vogue, Vanity Fair, and the decline of glossy print...

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2025/10/18

Vogue, Vanity Fair, and the decline of glossy print media. On the lower rungs of the masthead, underpaid, though privileged, editors toiled away The post Vogue, Vanity Fair, and the decline of glossy print media. On the lower rungs of the masthead, underpaid, though privileged, editors toiled away appeared first on Philosophy News.

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“Hofstadter says the small parts of life … aren’t...

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2025/10/18

“Hofstadter says the small parts of life … aren’t worth thinking about. But playing the Bach cello suites makes me want to disagree” The post “Hofstadter says the small parts of life … aren’t worth thinking about. But playing the Bach cello suites makes me want to disagree” appeared first on Philosophy News.

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“To be worth something or nothing. To create or not...

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2025/10/17

“To be worth something or nothing. To create or not to create. In the first case everything is justified. Everything, without exception. In the second case, everything is completely absurd.” - Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1935-1942 The post “To be worth something or nothing. To create or not to create. In the first case everything is…” appeared first on Philosophy News.

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Everything you see is an exaggeration. This is...

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2025/10/17

suliqyre:Everything you see is an exaggeration. This is because you are only seeing one side of things, while the other sides remain hidden. When you see only one side, you automatically expand that part to become the whole, filling in the blanks using your existing understanding. You might do this so well that you convince yourself you’re actually seeing the whole. But this is never the case. There is always more to reality than your current awareness can capture.It might seem like the solution to

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