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"“Do you remember what we were speaking of earlier, of how bloody, terrible things are sometimes the most beautiful?” he said. “It’s a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”" — Sep 03, 2026 12:43AM
"“Do you remember what we were speaking of earlier, of how bloody, terrible things are sometimes the most beautiful?” he said. “It’s a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”" — Sep 03, 2026 12:43AM
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this seems like an overly idealistic perspective. the government produces goods, too, the distinction being that they’re non-excludable. but can’t the same be said for institutions that sell goods necessary for human life, such as grocery stores?
similarly to governments, other institutions are self-serving. a thief would not be permitted to steal goods merely because the government does not exist." — Aug 15, 2026 04:37PM
"(2/?)
this seems like an overly idealistic perspective. the government produces goods, too, the distinction being that they’re non-excludable. but can’t the same be said for institutions that sell goods necessary for human life, such as grocery stores?
similarly to governments, other institutions are self-serving. a thief would not be permitted to steal goods merely because the government does not exist." — Aug 15, 2026 04:37PM
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"“The conscious experience is not merely wedded to the word, but is consumed by it.”" — Jul 11, 2026 03:25PM
"“The conscious experience is not merely wedded to the word, but is consumed by it.”" — Jul 11, 2026 03:25PM
“The greatest danger to Christianity is, I contend, not heresies, heterodoxies, not atheists, not profane secularism – no, but the kind of orthodoxy which is cordial drivel, mediocrity served up sweet.”
― Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard
― Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard
“If i cherish you because I hold you dear, because in you my heart finds nourishment, my need satisfaction, then it is not done for the sake of a higher essence whose hallowed body you are, not on account of my beholding in you a ghost, an appearing spirit, but from egoistic pleasure; you yourself with *your* essence are valuable to me.”
― The Ego and Its Own
― The Ego and Its Own
“I am Cassius Bellona, son of Tiberius, son of Julia, brother of Darrow, Morning Knight of the Solar Republic, and my honor remains.”
― Light Bringer
― Light Bringer
“One idiot is one idiot. Two idiots are two idiots. Ten thousand idiots are a political party.”
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“Hilarious are the weak who think they are good because they have no claws.”
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