“When you do the right thing, but not to any particular person, we instinctively feel that we have earned some sort of pay back. Since no-one will do that for us, we opt for self-service reciprocation.” FeelsPersonsSelfPayParticularRight ThingSelf Service Author:Julian Baggini
“The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down to their knees.” FeelsFeetHumbleKnees Author:Julian Baggini
“On social networking sites, we may expose ourselves, but we choose to do so. We are in control and, often wrongly, we do not feel we are giving away tradable data.” GivingFeelsMaySocialDataSiteNetworkingSocial NetworkingSocial Networking SitesNetworking Sites Author:Julian Baggini
“To become a stoic is to endorse the truthfulness of its world view and accept its prescription for how you ought to live, not just to like how it makes you feel.” WorldFeelsViewsAcceptingOughtPrescriptionsTruthfulnessWorld ViewStoic Author:Julian Baggini
“Trying to keep up with health advice can feel like surfing the Net for weather forecasts: what you find is always changing, often contradictory and rarely encouraging.” FeelsTryingAdviceWeatherSurfingContradictoryForecastsSurfing The Web Author:Julian Baggini
“I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere.” FeelsPhilosophyProblemHomeGrowsGrowing UpIssuesTaughtPhilosophicalElsewhereTaught Us Author:Julian Baggini
“The reason to be an atheist is not that it makes us feel better or gives us a more rewarding life. The reason to be an atheist is simply that there is no God and we would prefer to live in full recognition of that, accepting the consequences, even if it makes us less happy.” IfsGivingFeelsReasonAcceptingConsequenceAtheistRecognitionFeel BetterThere Is No God Author:Julian Baggini
