Is there an objective, ultimate Truth in the cosmos? Or a perfect, absolute Knowledge beyond our understanding and our perceptions? And if yes, can we humans ever reach out to them, or even understand and attain them?
A person who would identify himself/herself as “true sceptic” would say: “Perhaps there is a Truth beyond, perhaps there isn’t. If there is a Truth, it is perhaps forever unknowable to us, or it may be knowable to us now, or become knowable/known in the future.”
This is the most honest answer from an epistemological perspective.
The era of Homo defessus
Homo defessus – Never before in human history has so many people considered their everyday tiredness (because they are so busy and have so much to do) as a badge of honor. We are living in the era of Homo defessus, the exhausted man. I wonder if the historians of the distant future (if there will be any) will look back to our epoch and decide to give it a name: “The second Dark Ages”, because for the first time humans, not only deliberately sought exhaustion, but they were also convinced that this mentality is their pride, an indisputable token of greatness.
A pleasing paradox
A pleasing paradox — The more frequently we contemplate our death, the less dominant its effect in our lives becomes. Like King Mithridates, who used to take small amounts of various poisons to render himself invulnerable to them, so can we diminish the looming shadow of our certain death by welcoming small doses of it – the thought of it- in our daily mental pattern. Paradoxically, it makes life more intense, more valuable, more satisfying.
Easiness
No life is easy until one makes “easiness” a way of life.
Not bad, only fools
The study of philosophy reveals to us that we have never been really bad persons; we ‘ve only been fools.
Eternity
Eternity before and after us renders every painful effort for victory over other people absurd, almost ludicrous.
The toughest task
It is, indeed, very important for the moral philosopher to come up with new, illuminating theories about life and what is the best way to live it. But her toughest task is to live according to her teachings and to bring theory and practice as close as possible.
Greatness
When we praise greatness in the world, greatness increases in the world. No praise for greatness is too much, so let us not restrain ourselves!
In the greatest need of philosophy
They who mock philosophy by calling it useless and a waste of time are usually the ones who are in the greatest need of it.
Loving heart
Don’t let words come out of your mouth before their essential meaning first enters your brain. And don’t let these words and their meaning reach your brain before they pass through your heart. Every understanding and every expression should always receive blessings from a loving heart.