sophrai → Quotes from the Past: "A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection — not an invitation for hypnosis."
Umberto Eco
May 29, 2016
sophrai → Quotes from the Past: “If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by ... more“If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.”
― Bertrand Russell less
sophrai → Seeker of Truth: I find that many say they're seeking the truth, but are actually looking for confirmation of what they take, or wish to be truth. Sometimes, I find the further down the rabbit hole I get, the more frightening it can be, and the more resistance I conjure u... moreI find that many say they're seeking the truth, but are actually looking for confirmation of what they take, or wish to be truth. Sometimes, I find the further down the rabbit hole I get, the more frightening it can be, and the more resistance I conjure up to protect myself from what feels like something threatening. Raw truth isn't always that easy to look at.
"People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls."
~~ Carl Jung
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