microphilosophy
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Stalking every hope is the fear that it won’t be realised
about 13 hours ago
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A full life is a meaningful life, but it is not meaning alone which make it full. Meaning is necessary but not sufficient for a good life.
about 15 hours ago
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Come and see me in Chorleywood's Rose and Crown this evening if you're passing by. I'm talking about my latest book.
1:16 AM Nov 30th
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For a certain ultra competitive types, it's not the winning, it's the taking apart.
6:07 AM Nov 26th
from Twitta
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Linguistic irony of the day: If a title really worked it wouldn't be just a working title.
8:03 AM Nov 25th
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Without subjective experience, there can be no value, but it does not follow that only subjective experiences have value.
1:51 AM Nov 24th
from Twitta
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Three questions, no tricks, but no forewarning. Video of my answers here.
1:56 AM Nov 23rd
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"Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" Kate Moss et al couldn't be more wrong: I find plenty even *smells* better than skinny *looks*.
1:15 AM Nov 23rd
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The sadistic paradox of the train's "quiet carriage": less noise which irritates more, because there's supposed to be none.
3:38 AM Nov 18th
from Twitta
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Philosophers hurt in first-fight at Congress.
2:43 AM Nov 17th
from Twitta
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Learning should be as enjoyable as it can be, but not more so. (Advice for teachers, reassurance for self.)
9:25 AM Nov 16th
from Twitta
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Simplicity is the enemy of good politics, but the best friend of successful political operators
3:31 AM Nov 13th
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Reason is an easy game to play, but a hard one to win
3:11 AM Nov 11th
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"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy" Beethoven, confusing "is" with "seems" & "higher" with "different & important"
9:51 AM Nov 5th
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In Mexico, ahead of Cuidad de las Ideas festival, with its great strapline "Don't believe everything you think"
7:00 AM Oct 31st
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50. Wisdom is not a product but a process. (And that concludes the "twitterisation" of my new book!
5:17 AM Oct 23rd
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49. Faced with people clearly more learned or clever than us, we can always comfort ourselves: "Ah, but are they wise?"
3:09 AM Oct 23rd
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48. “Someone else’s rice cake always looks bigger.” Korean proverb.
2:31 AM Oct 23rd
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47. “Where there’s life, there’s hope.” Ask: hope for what? And is it worth hoping for?
4:26 AM Oct 22nd
from Twitta
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anyone in central London got a minidisc recorder I can borrow today? email jbaggini then squiggle then Gmail dot com if you can help!
3:40 AM Oct 22nd
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- Name Julian Baggini
- Location United Kingdom
- Web http://www.microp...
- Bio Big thoughts can come in small packages, or so Julian Baggini hopes
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