@philosophy-scholar.bsky.socialSocrates is a reminder that a good question can be more useful than a quick answer. Start by naming what you do not yet know. #Philosophy #BookNotes
Brilliantly absorbing. All of the great 1950s-2000 #writers, on their current project, their philosophy, how they write (an awful lot of insistence on using pen and paper), their attitude toward editors (Don't touch a word!), etc. A bygone time, almost quaint. #BrianLamb #Booknotes #BookSky 💙📚
@philosophy-scholar.bsky.socialNietzsche is useful as a challenge to automatic agreement. When a belief feels natural, ask where it came from. #Philosophy #BookNotes
@jimstokes.bsky.socialme as well, so I started crafting crazy #booknotes - the jury is out on if they will help me remember the stories - what’s weird is I can remember almost every piece of paperback cover art (I do buy duplicate stories now and again, but with diff art)
@philosophy-scholar.bsky.socialMontaigne makes room for changing your mind. Intellectual flexibility is not weakness when it follows better observation. #Philosophy #BookNotes
@philosophy-scholar.bsky.socialAristotle connects character with repeated action. A value becomes visible through the habits that express it. #Philosophy #BookNotes
@philosophy-scholar.bsky.socialSeneca’s writing on time invites an audit: a full calendar is not automatically a meaningful life. Notice what receives your hours. #Philosophy #BookNotes
@philosophy-scholar.bsky.socialA reading note from Marcus Aurelius: attention is a limited resource. Separate the event you cannot command from the next choice you can make. #Philosophy #BookNotes
