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Purple and pink hand-drawn outlined text on a white background, quoting Johann Kaspar Lavater stating that acting well at the moment means having performed a good action to all eternity, credited to Johann Kaspar Lavater, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Colorful painted circles and orbs resembling bubbles or planets against a dark blue background, quoting Pythagoras urging one to dispose thy soul to all good and necessary things, credited to Pythagoras, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Purple and orange checkered light pattern with a soft glowing burst, quoting Democritus stating that fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions, credited to Democritus, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Glossy blue picture frame on a white background, quoting Michel de Montaigne stating that fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows, credited to Michel de Montaigne, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Glowing purple and blue lights reflected in water with a mirrored reflection of the text below, quoting Bertrand Russell on how our words tend to conceal what is private and particular in our impressions, making us believe different people share a common world to a greater extent than is actually the case, credited to Bertrand Russell, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Silhouette of a figure against a dark, glowing purple cityscape viewed through glass, quoting Alfred North Whitehead on the safe rule that a mathematical or philosophical author writing with misty profundity is talking nonsense, credited to Alfred North Whitehead, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Fluffy white feather border framing a purple and blue Susan Neiman quote about coming to philosophy to study matters of life and death, being taught professionalization meant forgetting them, and growing convinced instead that philosophy's history was animated by the very questions that drew her there, credited to Susan Neiman, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Fantastical purple and teal waterfall scene cascading through clouds, quoting William James on how consciousness does not appear to itself chopped up in bits, and how "river" or "stream" are the metaphors that best describe it as the stream of thought, of consciousness, or of subjective life, credited to William James, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Polished chrome ring on a white background, framing an A. J. Ayer quote stating that no moral system can rest solely on authority, credited to A. J. Ayer, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Starry blue and purple nebula background with a dark translucent text band, quoting Gottfried Leibniz in dialogue form, where a theologian asks what it is to love and a philosopher answers that it is to be delighted by the happiness of another, credited to Gottfried Leibniz, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Riveted metal border in purple and blue tones framing a dark tunnel-like inset, quoting John Dewey stating that in all ranges of experience, externality of means defines the mechanical, credited to John Dewey, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Purple and blue cloudy background with diagonal stripe overlays fading to black, quoting Lin Yutang on how the only function of philosophy, to him personally, is to teach us to take life more lightly and gaily than the average businessman does, since no businessman who doesn't retire at fifty, if he can, is a philosopher in his eyes, credited to Lin Yutang, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Silhouetted figure standing before a glowing purple and teal light beam breaking through dark clouds, quoting Emil Cioran on claiming to be more detached, more alien to everything than anyone, and to be merely a fanatic of indifference, credited to Emil Cioran, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Purple-toned painting of a crowd marching through a smoky, chaotic street scene, quoting John Rawls on how the concern is solely with the basic structure of society and its major institutions, and therefore with the standard cases of social justice, credited to John Rawls, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Purple and blue gradient text on a black background, quoting Alfred North Whitehead on how there is a quality of life that lies always beyond the mere fact of life, and even when the quality is included in the fact, the quality of the quality is still omitted, credited to Alfred North Whitehead, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Purple and teal hexagonal tile pattern background, quoting Robert Anton Wilson stating that beyond a certain point, the whole universe becomes a continuous process of initiation, credited to Robert Anton Wilson, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Dark, misty forest scene glowing with purple and teal lights at ground level, framed by a black and purple border, quoting Emil Cioran stating that a distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate, credited to Emil Cioran, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Purple and teal hexagon pattern background with star motifs, quoting Arnold J. Toynbee on how the human race's prospects of survival were better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today, now that we've become defenceless against ourselves, credited to Arnold J. Toynbee, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Purple and blue text on a crumpled, aged paper texture, quoting Adam Smith describing David Hume as dying fast but with more cheerfulness and real resignation than any whining Christian who ever died with pretended resignation to the will of God, credited to Adam Smith, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.

Blue geometric cube patterns bordering a dark central text panel, quoting Emil Cioran on how there is nothing to say about anything, so there can be no limit to the number of books, credited to Emil Cioran, with CivilSimian.com watermark in the corner.