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Sad Inspiring Philosophy Quotes
Jun 11th
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Life is far too short to dwell in the failings of yesteryear. My philosophy is to love those who love you, forget those who you can live without, and believe that life is a journey pitted with obstacles which, especially through failure, make us stronger and more appreciative of what we have accomplished. Although tomorrow may look bleak, it is a new day with new opportunity to make a greater change for the future. The greatest flaw we can ever make is believing progress starts with the first step. It starts when we decide to make a difference, however small More >
A Struggle against Oppression, the Freedom of Expressive Opinion.
Jan 21st
There is a struggle of power. Society has become marginalised, oppressed and limited to an inescapable realm of misery, impairment and self-humiliation. The proletariat suffers upon the advertent control of the boujoise, and although the proletariat struggles to defame the corruption of the all-powerful regulator, it is a vain attempt. Outside a war rages. The struggle against oppression and the right to express concern is diminishing. Defamation, vilification, shame and slanderous accusation stands at the forefront of modern freedoms and liberty itself. The modern state is now controlled by defamation laws, which although protects individuals with funds to defend supposed More >
Silencing the already Silenced Voices.
Jan 17th
For much of the 19th century, the United States was involved in a struggle over a human right more significant than the freedom of press – the freedom of every individual from slavery. While America remained preoccupied by its civil war, John Stuart Mill worked on his conception of freedom of expression, publishing On Liberty, in 1859. Focussing on civil rights, such as, freedom of association, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, it motioned towards due process and the right to a fair trial, the entitlement to own property and respect of individual privacy. These social More >
Is a bird that can fly really a free bird?
Dec 16th
The definition of free is enjoying individual freedom not under constraint from being subject to the control or domination of another.
Based upon this definition, just because a bird can fly, does not necessarily mean it is free.
Obviously not all birds have the ability to fly, and although they cannot take to the air, they are still not captive.
The only time a bird would not be free is if it was inhibited and unable to escape from constraint.
In summary, just because a bird can fly does not mean it is free.
Freedom is dependent upon the constraint, control and freewill of a More >
Why can’t you have your cake and eat it as well?
Dec 16th
If you eat the cake, you obviously do not have it to eat anymore.
Therefore, you cannot have your cake and eat it.
Unless of course you’re bulimic. Nevertheless, that is another matter ; )
Nihilism: The Meaninglessness of Life.
Dec 16th
The belief of Nihilism is that all values are baseless, purposeless and nothing in life can be known, communicated or proven. Often mistaken as extreme cynical pessimism, the radical and often frowned upon term condemns life as a purposeless existence without cause. The best description of a nihilistic individual is someone who believes in nothing, has no loyalties, and has no other purpose than to destroy hope and realism.
Characterised by Friedrich Nietzsche, it was often argued that that the corrosive affects of nihilism would eventually destroy all moral, religious, and metaphysical convictions, which supposedly would precipitate the greatest crisis in More >
If you were given a choice between contentment and reason, which would you choose?
Feb 11th
Here is the story of Lily the chicken:
Once upon a time, there lived a chicken named Lily. She lived on a farm surrounded by hundreds of other chickens and was fed, watered and sheltered daily by a caring farmer. In her free time, Lily was able to socialise and enjoy all aspects of her life. She felt content and happy. Although she had little freedom, she was only a chicken and this life was all she had ever known.
It was Christmas Eve and Lily was eating her delicious dinner when she thought to herself about all the advantages of her More >
