Monday, 2 January 2017

Mediocracy

… for in all directions 
mediocre people are joining hands 
to make themselves masters.
 — Friedrich Nietzsche

Thursday, 29 December 2016

First World Problem

To frame a philosophy capable of coping 
with men intoxicated with the prospect of almost unlimited power 
and also with the apathy of the powerless
is the most pressing task of our time.

 — Bertrand Russell The History Of Western Philosophy (p700)

Thursday, 15 December 2016

Soldier Off

I am opposed to the military use of animals. 
I am also opposed to the military use of men.
 — B. F. Skinner