Western Thought Quotes

“In raising problems without solutions, in posing questions without answers, in retreating to the hermetic, cavernous abode of complaint, pessimism is guilty of that most inexcusable of Occidental crimes—the crime of not pretending it’s for real. Pessimism fails to live up to the most basic tenet of philosophy—the “as if.” Think as if it will be helpful, act as if it will make a difference, speak as if there is something to say, live as if you are not, in fact, being lived by some murmuring non-entity both shadowy and muddied.”
― Eugene Thacker, Cosmic Pessimism

“Essences and exclusivism reinforce one another, both aiding and abetting intellectual control.”
― Rajiv Malhotra, Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism