We are humanity, Kant says. Humanity needs us because we are it. Kant believes in duty and considers remaining alive a primary human duty. For him one is not permitted to “renounce his personality,” and while he states living as… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share
“When They Die We Change Our Minds About Them When they die we change our minds about them. While they live we see the plenty hard they’re trying,to be a star, or nice, or wise, and so we do not quite believe them. When they die, suddenly they are what they claimed. Turns out, that’s what one of those looks… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share
If you look at a testimony of love from 2,000 years ago it can still exactly speak to you, whereas medical advice from only… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
“Plato offers the amazing idea that contemplation of the way things really are is, in itself, a purifying process that can bring human beings… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
Lucian [of Samosata; 120-190 CE] was trying to make his audience laugh, rather than start a revolution — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
We are humanity, Kant says. Humanity needs us because we are it. Kant believes in duty and considers remaining alive a primary human duty. For him one is not permitted to “renounce his personality,” and while he states living as a duty, it also conveys a kind of freedom: we are not burdened with the obligation of judging whether our… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share
“For Epicurus, living prudently, in deep appreciation of modest pleasures, was not just the route to happiness, it was happiness.” — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
“Prayer is based on the remote possibility that someone is actually listening; but so is a lot of conversation. If the former seems far-fetched,… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
Your staying alive means so much more than you really know or that anyone is aware of at this moment. — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
“None of us can truly know what we mean to other people, and none of us can know what our future self will experience.… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
A reasonable scale of probability-what is likely-forbids believing a whole range of imaginative possibilities, even though we do not know anything for sure. — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
Like belief, doubt takes a lot of different forms, from ancient Skepticism to modern scientific empiricism, from doubt in many gods to doubt in… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
“We seem obsessed with motivation, rallying ourselves to something beyond the life available to us right now, and we treat this motivation as if… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
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