We are the student members of the Philosophy Club at UTB. Thinking Out Loud is the name of our radio show, which airs online, via UTB Sting Radio.
I’m so pondering about this right now :
(in spite of the incomplete assignment on top of my desk)
circusphilosophy:
What is the most meaningful question philosophy can address about the environment?
Cognition is biologically constrained. How could it be otherwise?
One day, Plato asked his teacher, “What is love? How can I find it?” His teacher answered, “There is a vast wheat field in front. Walk forward without turning back, and pick only one stalk. If you find the most magnificent stalk, then you have found love.” Plato walked forward, and before long, he returned with empty hands,having picked nothing.His teacher asked, “Why did you not pick any stalk?” Plato answered, “Because I could only pick once, and yet I could not turn back. I did find the most magnificent stalk, but did not know if there were any better ones ahead, so I did not pick it. As I walked further, the stalks that I saw were not as good as the earlier one, so I did not pick any in the end.His teacher then said, “And that is love.”
(via direncrey)
It is not power itself that is necessarily corrupting, rather its the interaction of power with the vessel into which it is poured. A vessel is still the same whether it contains power or not. An individual who is not corrupted by power is not destroyed by the loss of it. He is comforted in…
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
~Buddha
“All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. ”-Voltaire
Tao Te Ching, V
Heaven and earth are ruthless, and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs;
The sage is ruthless, and treats the people as straw dogs.
Is not the space between heaven and earth like a bellows?
It is empty without being exhausted:
The more it works the more comes out.
Much speech leads inevitably to silence.
Better to hold fast to the void.
Must see.
I’m pretty sure you guys have stumbled upon these posters in Tumblr. Tell you what, London-based graphic designer Gex is the person who creates these stark posters representing different philosophies.
You can see them all here and you can even purchase them online.
