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What's your favorite quote?

For me it would have to be "The fact is that the greatest crimes are caused by excess and not by necessity. Men do not become tyrants in order that they may not suffer cold." - Aristotle

Someone asked me how I define friendship, because I said I’ve never truly had one...

Why wasn’t friendship just as meaningful as a romantic relationship, or even greater, when it was two people choosing each other every single day without the glue of desire, obligation, or permanence, not held together by bodies, contracts, money, children, or shared property, but by a quiet and... read more

Who are your top 5 philosophers?

Mine are: 1. Aristotle 2. Descartes 3. Socrates 4. Leibnitz 5. Kant

Solitude

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. -Aristotle

Psychology, the Logos of the Soul

The term "psychology" originates from two ancient Greek words: "psychē" (ψυχή) and "logos" (λόγος). While "logos" refers to "discourse" or "study," the meaning of "psychē" evolved significantly through Greek philosophy [Implied from sources describing the evolution of psyché]. Initially, psychē... read more

Yearn

What do you yearn for? When your soul is screaming and you feel you're stuck with so much potential but time is ticking away and the clock is going too fast and everything seems haywire, where do you stop to? What's your destination? Not a real place but where your soul revisits? Imagine it's 90s... read more