After Only About Nine Months Of Life, People Even Forget Who Their Mothers Were

Is this some kind of joke?

After one glass of bourbon, [Michael Stocker and I] agreed that our work consisted largely of reminding moral philosophers of truths about human life which are very well known to virtually all adult human beings except moral philosophers. After further glasses of bourbon, we agreed that it was less than clear that this was the most useful way in which to spend one’s life, as a kind of flying mission to a small group isolated from humanity in the intellectual Himalaya.

Bernard Williams, “The Liberalism of Fear” (Princeton: Princeton, 2005). Damn, he’s good. (via fuckyeahbernardwilliams)

Sólo soñar...

Emotion is a motion, action, process, and a destination

Ander Monson Letter to a future lover

Vuela!

In explaining any human shortcoming, the first tool I reach for is Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

S. Pinker The Sense of Style...

500 años de retratos de mujeres

1.5 metros de la calle para los ciclistas, ¡siempre!

Ferronautas en México

A Very Short Fact: or rather, 10 very short facts. Here are the top 10 facts you should know about atheism.

“The name [atheism] is a historical accident. It’s only because we live in a historically theistic culture, that atheists have to be defined in negation to that.”

[Atheism: A Very Short Introduction by Julian Baggini]

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