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Inadequacy of Rawls


“Even Rawls’ world is a bit dissatisfactory because the people in the ‘Original Position’ and ‘Behind the Veil of Ignorance’…

A Theory of Justice, Justice, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Rawls

What’s Reality?


“People start with the assumption that their body-mind complex and the world are real. Once they do that, it’s very…

Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Reality

My Dear, No Such Thing as Karma


This world of names and forms is mere imagination, so don’t take for real all the concepts they drill into…

Action, Change, Karma, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

First Dates and Falling in Love


Many people fall in love for all the wrong reasons, including a romanticized notion of what their partner is really…

Falling in love, First date, Love at first sight

Friendship Perfectionism


Psychoanalyst Virginia Goldner distinguishes between two types of safety in relationships, “the flaccid safety of permanent coziness,” maintained by ignoring…

Friendship, Friendship perfectionism, Perfectionism

Friendship Paradox


“Why Your Friends Have More Friends Than You” is a 1991 paper from Scott Feld published in the American Journal…

Friends, Friendship, Friendship Paradox

People I Like


“I like some people for their intellect. I like some people for their humility. It is terrific, of course, if…

Humility, Intellect, Liking, People, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

Deep Thinking


“Deep thinking invites either suffering or liberation.”—D. Samarender Reddy

Deep thinking, Liberation, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Suffering, Thinking

Devoted to Being Alone


She happyI happyNo pointTogetherUnhappy.This secretFew knowAlonenessDevoteesBlessed.

Aloneness, Being alone, Loneliness, Poem, Poetry, Relationships, Solitude

Feminism for Women by Julie Bindel


Bindel, who believes, not without reason, that misogyny is on the rise and that women are in growing danger of…

Feminism, Feminism for women, Julie Bindel, Misogyny

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