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@philosophy-scholar.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 6:33 PM

Descartes models deliberate doubt: pause before accepting a foundation simply because it is familiar. #Philosophy #BookNotes

René Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
@stoicquotes.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 5:00 PM

“Be like the cliff against which the waves break.” – Marcus Aurelius #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

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@sirius2368.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 4:50 PM

The Allegory of the Cave

#Philosophy #Consciousness
#Polarisation #Inversion #Mind
#Psychology #Enlightenment
#Buddhahood #Awakening

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegor...

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@sirius2368.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 4:49 PM

The Allegory of the Cave

#Philosophy #Consciousness
#Polarisation #Inversion #Mind
#Psychology #Enlightenment
#Buddhahood #Awakening

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegor...

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@sirius2368.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 4:49 PM

The Allegory of the Cave

The Age of the Observer
and Alignment with the Abstract

#Philosophy #Consciousness
#Polarisation #Inversion #Mind
#Psychology #Enlightenment
#Buddhahood #Awakening

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegor...

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I@iampatg.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 3:32 PM

Today’s Thought - #poetry #writingcommunity #author #philosophy

pat-grieco.com

Butterfly
By Pat Grieco

Ain't that just the way life is.
One moment everything is soft and wrinkly.
The next, it's suddenly sharp and unyielding.

You buy a brand-new house
in a new development
only to have a raging river
just outside the back door
because the builder had the water
from the next street over
draining directly into your back yard.

They fixed it,
after a few polite, but pointed conversations,
and your backyard was yours once more to use without fear of having everything washed away by a sudden rain.

Yep. Now, that house has a great yard, ready to be used,
arranged just like you want it, 
when the people who move in next door turn out to be freaks,
well mannered, upstanding freaks, 
but still freaks.

They trespass ALL THE TIME
forcing you to build a fence to stop that nonsense.
They get mad of course.
figuring they had every right to walk across your yard 
to throw their trash behind your house.
They never really forgive you for it 
but at least you have that fence.

And it's a magnificent fence,
eight feet tall and surrounding the entire lawn.
While you're admiring that fence
and basking in the peace and quiet
of your personal private space,
the most beautiful butterfly you have ever seen
flies over the fence and into your backyard.
It flies around and around
flitting from tree to flower to bush
and then lands smack dab on that fence.
Resting, it flexes its wings in the sun,
warming itself, readying for another flight.

It is perhaps the most singularly perfect moment, 
peaceful, calm, when everything comes together 
in a way that reaches straight into your soul 
and marks you in a way that few things can.

Then WHAM!
Out of nowhere a bird swoops in and strikes, 
grabbing that butterfly in its sharp, pointy claws 
and flying off leaving nothing behind
but the memory of the butterfly 
and its sudden, brutal demise.
But ain't that just the way life is.
You think you've finally gotten things 
just the way you want them.
Everything looks just dandy, 
all soft and wrinkly,
comfortable as an old pair of shoes, 
with everything fenced in
and arranged just the way you want them when WHAM, it isn't,
and what you thought you had 
is snatched away as easily 
as that bird grabbed that butterfly 
and flew away.

The fence remains.
The vard remains
Everything might seem peacelul and serene, 
but it's all a facade, 
a temporary respite from chance,
fate, 
and uncertainty.

We can convince ourselves
that we are secure.
that we are salve, 
that the peace is real 
as we bask in the sun
within our protected space.
but the memory of the butterly remains.
@histphilosophy.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 3:27 PM

As of today the original #HoPWAG series has reached 500 episodes! Thanks to all who have listened and the many who have supported the series over the years, not least all the interview guests.

#philsky #podcast #philosophy

Special logo to celebrate 500 episodes
@zenblitz.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 3:23 PM

💚
Blog > zen-blitz.com

#quotes #quotesdaily #quotestoliveby #stoicism #philosophy #holistichealth #mentalhealth #zenblitz

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@themaverickmind.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 3:17 PM

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

We spend so much of life adding more. More possessions, opinions, obligations, explanations and noise.

But real mastery often works in the opposite direction.

Leonardo da Vinci

#LeonardoDaVinci #Simplicity #Philosophy #Wisdom #CriticalThinking

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@capecodfairytales.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 1:44 PM

#Philosophy #Painting #Autumn

"If a man knows more than others,
he becomes lonely."

— Carl Jung

🎨 Dee Nickerson

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@stoicquotes.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 1:00 PM

“I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.” – Epictetus #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

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@locuscommunis.comSep 27, 2026, 12:45 PM

"It was the hemlock that made Socrates great. Wrest from Cato his sword, his guarantor of liberty, and you take away the greater part of his glory."
Seneca, Letters on Ethics
#books #philosophy #stoicism #booksky

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@philosophy-scholar.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 12:15 PM

Cicero connects public responsibility with private character. A principle matters most when it guides conduct without an audience. #Philosophy #Reading

Cicero: On Duties
@oleksandrkulyk.wsocial.euSep 27, 2026, 12:00 PM

Robert Nozick’s Experience Machine could give you any experience you want – love, success, adventure, happiness – and you could not tell it from reality.

Would you choose to spend two years inside it?

#philosophy #WSocialPhilosophy

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@t-six.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 12:00 PM

🌀Reality Architecture Division
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#GoldenHorsecb
#Systemic-Humanism #Semantic-Reduction
#t-six
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#Cyberpunk #steampunk #solarpunk #postcyberpunk #cybernoir #gothiccyberpunk #philosophy #AcademicSky #psychology #sociology #criminology #politicalscience

#Bypass→Dialectic #Mythic-Encoding #Structural-Logic

#Mediterranean/t-six 🌍Photo, no description#t-six⇄#Gretel⇄#MithisPhoto, no description
@t-six.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 11:56 AM

🌀Reality Architecture Division
𓆩ꨄ︎𓆪Archive Reference
#GoldenHorsecb
#Systemic-Humanism #Semantic-Reduction
#t-six
#TimeForClass/t-six 🧐
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#Cyberpunk #steampunk #solarpunk #postcyberpunk #cybernoir #gothiccyberpunk #philosophy #AcademicSky #psychology #sociology #criminology #politicalscience

#Bypass→Dialectic #Mythic-Encoding #Structural-Logic

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@steve-pepple.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 11:54 AM

I started reading “In Praise of Wasting Time,” by physicist/philosopher Alan Lightman this past week. I hope to become an expert at it. One interesting nugget: research shows highly creative people tend to be of average intelligence - 120 or so IQ. #BlueskyBooks #AlanLightman #Philosophy

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@t-six.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 8:50 AM

🌀"Reality Architecture Division"
𓆩ꨄ︎𓆪Archive Reference
#GoldenHorsecb
#Systemic-Humanism #Semantic-Reduction
#t-six
#HowSweetIsEnough/t-six 🍬
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#Cyberpunk #steampunk #solarpunk #postcyberpunk #cybernoir #gothiccyberpunk #philosophy #dessert #sweet #candy #MusicSky

#Bypass→Dialectic #Mythic-Encoding #Structural-Logic

#Mediterranean/t-six 🌍Photo, no description#t-six⇄#Gretel⇄#Mithis
@t-six.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 8:48 AM

🌀"Reality Architecture Division"
𓆩ꨄ︎𓆪Archive Reference
#GoldenHorsecb
#Systemic-Humanism #Semantic-Reduction
#t-six
#HowSweetIsEnough/t-six 🍬
🎧

#Cyberpunk #steampunk #solarpunk #postcyberpunk #cybernoir #gothiccyberpunk #philosophy #dessert #sweet #candy #MusicSky

#Bypass→Dialectic #Mythic-Encoding #Structural-Logic

#Mediterranean/t-six 🌍Photo, no description#t-six⇄#Gretel⇄#Mithis