Michele Pasin / Quotes

We are primordially illogical and hence unjust beings and can recognise this fact

An inclination towards a thing, or from a thing, without an accompanying feeling that the beneficial is desired and the pernicious contemned, an inclination without a sort of experiential estimation of the desirability of an end, does not exist in man. We are primordially illogical and hence unjust beings and can recognise this fact: this is one of the greatest and most baffling discords of existence.

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Death is not a sickness

Premature death may come as a result of sickness, but—like birth—death as such is not a sickness at all. It is the natural and necessary end of human life—as…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #death #life #end

Introspection

“The problem with introspection is that it has no end.” ― Philip K. Dick

Quotes About Introspection (133 Quotes) #end #problem #Philip-K.-Dick

Surveillance and the end of privacy

Consider the astonishing means now being made for snooping, the devices already used in offices, factories, stores, and on various lines of communication such…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #years #outcomes #lines #end

A man does not consist of memory alone

If there is a continuity of key character traits, there will be some, albeit a radically diminished, continuity of the self too. ‘A man does not consist of…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #self #memory #traits #feelings

Baci e abbracci tra semplici conoscenti

Lei va ad abbracciare Tommaso e Lauretta a sua volta, senza riuscire a mettere autentico calore in questa piccola recita sociale. L’abitudine italiana degli…

Leielui (italian Edition) (de Carlo, Andrea) #Italy #culture #feelings #expatriates #authenticity

Being amazed at the usual

It is a special kind of enlightenment to have this feeling that the usual, the way things normally are, is odd—uncanny and highly improbable. G. K. Chesterton…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #feelings #giraffe #sense