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Apriorism, as the opposite of empiricism, believes there is substantial knowledge possible which does not depend on experience for its justification: for instance, “every event has a cause”.
“Love is not a weakness. It's the bravest act of our lives.”
― American Girl: Memories That Made Me
― American Girl: Memories That Made Me
“Happiness’ is sometimes used, for instance, to translate the ancient Greek eudaimonia, a term for human flourishing. To achieve eudaimonia was to live successfully, which, for Aristotle and others, meant living in accordance with virtue and reason.”
― The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction
― The History of Emotions: A Very Short Introduction
“Before there is science, there are stories to explain the world. They make it happier somehow.”
― American Girl: Memories That Made Me
― American Girl: Memories That Made Me
“Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979): “Today’s novel feature is the flattening out of the antagonism between culture and social reality through the obliteration of the oppositional, alien, and transcendent elements in the higher culture by virtue of which it constituted another dimension of reality.”
― Introducing Baudrillard: A Graphic Guide
― Introducing Baudrillard: A Graphic Guide
“Poetry is about connection: a poet takes up a pen and gives a glimpse of their world, and we see a sliver reflected in our own. We take that poem and share it with someone, and they find something perhaps entirely different but equally relevant, and on, and on. That current of thought – conversations across miles and continents – is able to bridge the walls that divide us and to bind us together wherever we are.”
― The Forward Book of Poetry 2022: The Best Poems from the Forward Prizes
― The Forward Book of Poetry 2022: The Best Poems from the Forward Prizes
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