Fear Quote by Massimo Pigliucci

Death itself is a natural occurrence, it is unavoidable, and the Stoics thought that part of philosophical practice is to get comfortable with the…

— Massimo Pigliucci

If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.

— Massimo Pigliucci

“The many-worlds theory basically maintains that the reason quantum mechanics seems so strange is because we have access to only one of an infinite…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“as astronomer Carl Sagan once aptly put it, you do not want to keep your mind so open that your brain is likely to…

— Massimo Pigliucci

Given the power and influence that science increasingly has in our daily lives, it is important that we as citizens of an open and…

— Massimo Pigliucci

I believe Stoicism can help anyone who takes it seriously and begins to practice it. It will help them flourish because it will provide…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“Following the Post Modernist route, we may indeed never arrive at meaning, but not because meaning is not there... only because we are lost…

— Massimo Pigliucci

I can't speak for others, but I find the fundamental idea that a life worth living is one during which one strives every day…

— Massimo Pigliucci

The Stoic discipline of action, which is connected to the virtue of justice, says that we ought to treat others fairly and we should…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“Or maybe, another explanation goes, we are in fact surrounded by ETs and simply don't know it, perhaps because they decided to make the…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“Science progresses. Ideology tends to linger unchanged, and often unquestioned.”

— Massimo Pigliucci

I don't see any Stoic practice as problematic or risky, but I would advise to engage in extreme versions of the negative visualization exercise…

— Massimo Pigliucci