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The temerity to believe in nothing

1. “The temerity to believe in nothing.”

Nihilism, Belief, Doubt, Philosophy, Emptiness

Everything on earth – both the good things and the

2. “Everything on earth – both the good things and the bad things – is not given to a man according to his just deserts, but as a result of certain as yet unknown, yet logical, laws which I won’t even undertake to suggest to you, although it sometimes seems to me that I feel them as through a glass darkly.”

Justice, Life, Mystery, Philosophy, Inequality

There were Hegelians now there are only nihilists

3. “There were Hegelians, now there are only nihilists.”

Philosophy, Change, Ideology, Society, Thought

They had much discussion upon the question whether marriage was

4. “They had much discussion upon the question whether marriage was a prejudice or a crime, and whether men were born equal or not, and precisely what individuality consists in. Things.”

Philosophy, Debate, Marriage, Individuality, Equality

We act by virtue of what we recognize as beneficial

5. “We act by virtue of what we recognize as beneficial. At the present time, negation is the most beneficial of all – and we deny.”

Negation, Action, Belief, Philosophy, Society

It seemed to us that all people to a greater

6. “It seemed to us that all people to a greater or lesser degree belong to one of these two types, that almost every one of us resembles either Don Quixote or Hamlet.”

Character, Archetypes, Identity, Comparison, Philosophy

In the end nature is inexorable: it has no reason

7. “In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn’t know art, just as it doesn’t know freedom, just as it doesn’t know goodness.”

Nature, Time, Law, Indifference, Philosophy

The moment there is imagination there is myth

8. “The moment there is imagination, there is myth.”

Imagination, Myth, Creativity, Culture, Philosophy

Mind is a captive of the body

9. “Mind is a captive of the body.”

Mind, Body, Philosophy, Existence, Captivity

Nature is forever playing solitaire with herself

10. “Nature is forever playing solitaire with herself.”

Nature, Solitude, Self, Philosophy, Existence

My political philosophy as a libertarian says that government has

11. “My political philosophy as a libertarian says that government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. My professional ethic as a thinker and writer, however, says that self-knowledge is our ultimate responsibility.”

Politics, Libertarianism, Philosophy, Government, Ethics

Male urination really is a kind of accomplishment an arc

12. “Male urination really is a kind of accomplishment, an arc of transcendance. A woman merely waters the ground she stands on.”

Gender, Sex, Society, Masculinity, Philosophy

The thrill of terror is passive masochistic and implicitly feminine

13. “The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.”

Terror, Gender, Fear, Society, Philosophy

I believe that government should confine itself to the public

14. “I believe that government should confine itself to the public realm and that it should be as stripped down as possible, within reason. It should not be burdened by excess bureaucracy.”

Government, Politics, Bureaucracy, Philosophy, Liberty

Far from poisoning the mind pornography shows the deepest truth

15. “Far from poisoning the mind, pornography shows the deepest truth about sexuality, stripped of romantic veneer.”

Pornography, Sexuality, Philosophy, Culture, Truth

Society is a system of inherited forms reducing our humiliating

16. “Society is a system of inherited forms reducing our humiliating passivity to nature. We may alter these forms, slowly or suddenly, but no change in society will change nature.”

Society, Nature, Philosophy, Change, Existence

Every month it is woman’s fate to face the abyss

17. “Every month, it is woman’s fate to face the abyss of time and being, the abyss which is herself.”

Woman, Time, Fate, Existence, Philosophy

We are merely one of a multitude of species upon

18. “We are merely one of a multitude of species upon which nature indiscriminately exerts its force. Nature has a master agenda we can only dimly know.”

Nature, Humanity, Philosophy, Species, Force

Men who shrink from penetration of the female body are

19. “Men who shrink from penetration of the female body are paralyzed by justifiable apprehension, since they are returning to our uncanny site of origin.”

Gender, Sexuality, Psychology, Relationships, Philosophy

Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian a phenomenal improviser

20. “Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners.”

Religion, Humor, Philosophy, Christianity, Wisdom

When in doubt I read Oscar Wilde

21. “When in doubt, I read Oscar Wilde.”

Literature, Reading, Philosophy, Humor, Wisdom

Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt

22. “Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt.”

Science, Nature, Philosophy, Power, Fate

Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion

23. “Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion!”

Compassion, Philosophy, Society, Ethics, Feminism

Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make

24. “Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.”

Beauty, Nature, Art, Philosophy, Aesthetics

Masculinity is risky and elusive It is achieved by a

25. “Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.”

Masculinity, Gender, Society, Identity, Philosophy

Consciousness is a pitiful hostage of its flesh-envelope whose surges

26. “Consciousness is a pitiful hostage of its flesh-envelope, whose surges, circuits, and secret murmurings it cannot stay or speed. This is the chthonian drama that has no climax but only an endless round, cycle upon cycle. Microcosm mirrors macrocosm. Free will is stillborn in the red cells of our body, for there is no free will in nature. Our choices come to us prepackaged and special delivery, molded by hands not our own.”

Consciousness, Free Will, Philosophy, Nature, Psychology

Art is something out of the ordinary commenting on the

27. “Art is something out of the ordinary commenting on the ordinary.”

Art, Philosophy, Creativity, Society, Expression

Academic Marxism is a fantasy world and unctuous compassion-sweepstakes into

28. “Academic Marxism is a fantasy world, and unctuous compassion-sweepstakes, into which real workers or peasants never penetrate.”

Marxism, Academia, Politics, Society, Philosophy

They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the

29. “They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature.”

Civilization, Society, Nature, Survival, Philosophy

High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and

30. “High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and lovely metamorphoses. Flood, fire and quake fling us back to the primal struggle for survival and reveal our gross dependency on mammoth, still mysterious forces.”

Romanticism, Nature, Survival, Philosophy, Forces