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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 11:34 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 10:26 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

Square black image with serif text in purple and light blue reading: "Native societies did not think of themselves as being in the world as occupants but considered that their rituals created the world and keep it operational." attributed to Marshall McLuhan below. The CivilSimian.com watermark appears in the bottom left corner.

@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 8:58 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 7:46 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

Square image with a checkered pattern overlaying a faint silhouetted figure in purple and teal tones against a dark background. Script-style text outlined in gray and purple reads: "For my own part, I cannot without grief see so much as an innocent beast pursued and killed that has no defence, and from which we have received no offence at all." attributed to Michel de Montaigne below. The CivilSimian.com watermark appears in the bottom right corner.

@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 6:23 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 4:36 AM

Nah...there's many other ways to be....

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

Square image with a metallic riveted border in purple, teal, and orange tones surrounding a dark inset panel with concentric frame lines. Bold outlined text in white and orange reads: "People seem good while they are oppressed, but they only wish to become oppressors in their turn: life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim." attributed to Bertrand Russell below. The CivilSimian.com watermark appears in the bottom left corner.

@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 3:13 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

Square white image with hand-drawn style text in purple and blue outlined in black reading: "The ascetic morality is a negative morality. And strictly, what is important for a man is not to die, whether he sins or not." attributed to Miguel de Unamuno below. The CivilSimian.com watermark appears in the bottom left corner.

@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 2:13 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 1:11 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 11:18 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 10:02 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 8:50 PM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

Square image with a vivid starry nebula background swirling in purple, teal, and blue hues. Bold outlined text in pink and white reads: "If man reflects on the changes and transformations which follow one another like wave after wave and their rapidity, he will despise everything which is perishable." attributed to Marcus Aurelius below. The CivilSimian.com watermark appears in the bottom left corner.

@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 7:21 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 6:18 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 6:02 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 4:54 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

Square image with a purple striped border and a pattern of glowing orange and dark blue circular orbs resembling bubbles or planets against a dark background. A dark translucent banner across the middle contains rounded text transitioning from purple to blue reading: "Much early alchemy seems to have been adventure. You heated and mixed and burnt and pounded and to see what would happen. An adventure might suggest an hypothesis that can subsequently be tested, but adventure is prior to theory." attributed to Ian Hacking below. The CivilSimian.com watermark appears in the bottom left corner.

@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 2:38 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 1:33 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 12:11 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

Square image with a black background featuring nebula-and-star-patterned bands at top and bottom, decorated with purple leaf and star shapes. Bold stenciled text in purple reads: "Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty." attributed to Emil Cioran below. The CivilSimian.com watermark appears in the bottom left corner.

@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 11:13 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

Square image showing three silhouetted figures standing on a snowy hillside among pine trees, gazing up at a glowing purple and blue galaxy in the night sky, overlaid with faint dollar sign patterns. Bold hand-drawn style text in white and light blue reads: "I never yet touched a fig leaf that didn't turn into a price tag." attributed to Saul Bellow below. The CivilSimian.com watermark appears in the bottom left corner.