“Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear.” WorldPhilosophySpiritualLife IsAliveEthicsConnectionsProfoundBoundsDisappearRepresentingTotalitySpiritual Connection Author:Albert Schweitzer
“Both poetry and philosophy are prodigal of eulogy over the mind which ransoms itself by its own energy from a captivity to custom, which breaks the common bounds of empire, and cuts a Simplon over mountains of difficulty for its own purposes, whether of good or of evil.” MindPhilosophyPurposeEvilEnergyCommonBreakCuttingMountainDifficultyBoundsEmpiresCustomsEulogyCaptivityProdigalsRansom Book:Thoughts Source: Thoughts
“With subjectivity in philosophy, anarchism in politics goes hand in hand. Already during Luther's lifetime, unwelcome and unacknowledged disciples had developed the doctrine of Anabaptism, which for a time dominated the city of Munster. The Anabaptists repudiated all law since they held that good men will be guided at every moment by the Holy Spirit, who can not be bound by formulas. From this premise they arrive at communism and sexual promiscuity; they were therefore exterminated after a heroic resistance.” MenPhilosophyMomentsHandsLawSpiritCitiesHolyLifetimeBoundsResistanceDoctrineCommunismHoly SpiritGood ManFormulasHeroicDiscipleCan NotLutherPremisesAnarchismHand In HandSubjectivityPromiscuityUnwelcome Author:Bertrand Russell
“Any man who preaches real love is bound to beget hate. It is as true of democratic fraternity as a divine love; sham love ends in compromise and common philosophy; but real love has always ended in bloodshed.” MenRealEndsPhilosophyHateLove IsCommonDivineDemocraticBoundsCompromiseReal LoveDivine LoveBegetsFraternityBloodshed Book:The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Russell's books should be bound in two colours, those dealing with mathematical logic in red - and all students of philosophy should read them; those dealing with ethics and politics in blue - and no one should be allowed to read them.” ShouldTwoBookPhilosophyStudentsEthicsRedLogicBlueBoundsMathematicalColourMathematical Logic Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein