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“My reason for arguing against abolishing these types of sports isn't some kind of lofty, philosophical rationale. It's just that I did it and I liked it. It comes down to a libertarian issue for me. I feel that if I know the risks and I want to take them, I should be allowed to do so.”

Ifs Knows Want Feels Should Kind Reason Sports Issues Risk Type Philosophical Libertarian Arguing Lofty Rationale

Author:Jonathan Gottschall

“Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.”

Men Persons Liberty Self Esteem Philosophical Property Libertarian Every Man Ownership Private Property Property Rights Individual Rights Libertarian Party Every Man For Himself Property Ownership Enlightenment Thinkers

Book:The Locke Reader: Selections from the Works of John Locke with a General Introduction and Commentary

Source: The Locke Reader: Selections from the Works of John Locke with a General Introduction and Commentary

“Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.”

Law Liberty Philosophical Libertarian Lawyer Useless

Author:Baron de Montesquieu

“Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”

“Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.”

Nations Liberty Philosophical Libertarian Ridicule

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“Liberty consists in doing what one desires.”

Desire Liberty Philosophical Libertarian

Author:John Stuart Mill

“... the modern state masks itself in moral ideologies which obscure its actual conduct. One of the most compelling and insidious of these ideologies is the doctrine of natural rights. It was to secure these rights that the modern state was invented in the first place, and it is impossible, especially for Americans, not to be seduced by the doctrine. But it is nonetheless a philosophical superstition.”

Firsts States Natural Moral Rights Impossible Modern Philosophical Libertarian Doctrine Secure Ideology Mask Superstitions Compelling Obscure Insidious Natural Rights

Author:Donald Livingston

“In philosophical terms, the opposite of rationalism is not irrationalism but empiricism, that is, a willingness to form beliefs on the basis of experience rather than from a priori deduction. Empirical evidence never yields the dogmatic certainty that accompanies logical deduction.”

Form Belief Term Evidence Opposites Bases Philosophical Libertarian Certainty Logical Willingness Yield Accompany Rationalism Dogmatic Deductions Empiricism Empirical Evidence

Author:John Quiggin

“It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.”

Thinking Knows Inspirational Knowledge Impossible Philosophical Libertarian Pearls Of Wisdom Insightful Impossibility

Author:Epictetus

“It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.”

Life Opinion Philosophical Libertarian Strikes Insult Insulting Insults You

Author:Epictetus

“If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.”

Ifs Pleasure Please Philosophical Bounds Libertarian Cease Moderation Greatest Pleasures

Author:Epictetus

“Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.”

World Inspirational Doe Happiness Wealth Masters Confidence Philosophical Regard Libertarian Inner Peace Unhappy

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.”

Knows Men World Wisdom Turns Philosophical Libertarian

Author:Epictetus