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But when there is no objective there is no longer any common measure or proportion; no balance or comparison of alternatives is possible, and compromise is inconceivable.”
— Simone Weil, "The Power of Words"
— Simone Weil, "The Power of Words"
January 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
But when there is no objective there is no longer any common measure or proportion; no balance or comparison of alternatives is possible, and compromise is inconceivable.”
— Simone Weil, "The Power of Words"
— Simone Weil, "The Power of Words"
Even those who are convinced that “it is right” must be in itself a sufficient reason for action may request an account of rightness which this conviction will survive.”
— Christine M. Korsgaard, The Sources of Normativity
— Christine M. Korsgaard, The Sources of Normativity
January 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Even those who are convinced that “it is right” must be in itself a sufficient reason for action may request an account of rightness which this conviction will survive.”
— Christine M. Korsgaard, The Sources of Normativity
— Christine M. Korsgaard, The Sources of Normativity
he will not wait patiently while things ripen; everything for him must provide some immediate gratification; and even his mental life must minister to his fleeting pleasures.”
— Karl Jaspers, Man in the Modern Age
— Karl Jaspers, Man in the Modern Age
January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
he will not wait patiently while things ripen; everything for him must provide some immediate gratification; and even his mental life must minister to his fleeting pleasures.”
— Karl Jaspers, Man in the Modern Age
— Karl Jaspers, Man in the Modern Age
From Douglass's "The Significance of Emancipation in the West Indies (1857)"
January 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM
From Douglass's "The Significance of Emancipation in the West Indies (1857)"