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“Our conviction that the world is meaningless is due in part to the fact (discussed in a later paragraph) that the philosophy of meaningless lends itself very effectively to furthering the ends of political and erotic passion; in part to a genuine intellectual error - the error of identifying the world of science, a world from which all meaning has deliberately been excluded, with ultimate reality.”

Source: Ends and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals

“The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.”

Men Philosophy Passion Neglect Idleness Abandonment Embarrassment Delivering Pretext

Book:La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

“We carry the flame for all to see, the fire and passion of what we can be.”

Philosophy Passion Fire Flames

Author:Meat Loaf

“I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are as big as movie-making, but they exist.”

Thinking Philosophy Bigs Passion Movie Making

Author:Roman Polanski

“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.”

Reason Philosophy Action Passion Ought Office Ethics Slave Philosopher

Author:David Hume

“Paris, hours in the café, a certain spirit of rebellion, one side a bit too stubborn, the sea, the true, in Bretagne, the walking in Provence, the taste, the passion for literature, the libraries, the beautiful editions, remaking the world in a set of hours around a table and a bottle of wine. Talking without really saying nothing, just for the pleasure of talking. The museums, the theatres, the elegance, the delicacy, the heritage of the Illustration, a humanistic philosophy. The balance we got between a nordic rigor and a latin savoir-vivre, the insolence and the freedom.”