believed that Justice is meaningful “to the extent that other persons are encountered in their individuality.”
Basically - if you don’t see other people as important, real humans it’s almost impossible to have a meaningful sense of justice.
his writing is incredibly dense but worth it
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in famed platonist iris murdoch’s essay on god and good she says that ego prevents us from recognizing that another person is as real as oneself. attention turned outward toward others without interference from the ego allows us to liberate our souls from fantasy and attend to a reality in the illuminating light of transcendent Goodness
Dec 19, 2023
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I think I spent most of my life thinking I had a specific lack, i.e. that I was less "real" than the people around me. Only in the last few years did I realize that our general conditions produce what feels like a personal failing... we are awash in information but not meaning; the conditions of our lives feel disconnected from a shared history or struggle; the tools or vocabulary by which we can bring "ourselves" into being keeps getting thinner and more trivial. If you feel like you're waiting for yourself to arrive, waiting to be alive to yourself in a way that makes you aware that you are free, I recommend Kierkegaard. He's lowkey a funny troll, also.
Nov 5, 2023
humans create their own meaning within the truths of their environment. find what gives you meaning and pursue it relentlessly.
the video linked is a pretty good summary of Emerson’s book Self Reliance
Nov 3, 2024
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Feb 22, 2024
I work on a college campus where we have this statue of a rat with giant balls and it has become a regular phenomenon for students/people to offer their vapes to the ball rat. It is both so silly and so beautiful to me.
Jan 15, 2025
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sometimes they don’t mind!
Mar 5, 2024