This is something my girlfriend suggested to me after yesterday’s post on the better way to approach knowledge and whether … More
Category: On the Ancients
Was Socrates taking the piss when he said this? Isn’t saying ‘I don’t know anything’ still a form of knowing something? Instead of ‘I don’t know anything’, would it not have been more accurate to say ‘Do I know anything?’?
This is something that my mate Matt said the other day… If Socrates was the wisest bloke human guy there … More
A Deep Dive into: Insults [pt.2] – Words are nothing but a series of letters arranged in a certain order to make a certain sound that comes out of the face hole.
Not only do insults have absolutely zero possibility to do physical or psychological harm to you, but the same thing … More
A Deep Dive into: Insults [pt.1] – The philosophy of: Stuff they teach kids (Sticks and stones may break my bones…)
When they teach kids this in primary school: Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt … More
The Philosophy of: This piece of ancient Japanese wisdom (author and date of origin: unknown) – There is no “Can” or “Can’t”, just “Do” or “Don’t”]
(translation): There is no ‘Can’ or ‘Can’t’, just ‘Do’ or ‘Don’t’. If you ever think to yourself ‘I can’t do … More