"It was Kant who first rejected the Cartesian premise of the mind's self-transparency: the idea that when it comes to knowing our own minds, we just know what we are thinking or feeling, and do not have to learn how to perceive ourselves thinking or feeling."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Ray Brassier

#Thinking Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Mind Quotes

“My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.”
“As a kid, I was a big comic fan and I liked foreign comics as well.”
“In tears I tossed my coin from Trevi's edge. A coin unsordid as a bond of love-- And, with the instinct of the homing dove, I gave to Rome my rendezvous and pledge. And when imperious Death Has quenched my flame of breath, Oh, let me join the faithful shades that throng that fount above.”

Source : Robert Underwood Johnson (1908). “Poems”
“You should not have any remains after you do something. But this does not mean to forget all about it. In order not to leave any traces, when you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you should be concentrated on what you do. You should do it completely, like a good bonfire. You should not be a smoky fire. You should burn yourself completely. If you do not burn yourself completely, a trace of yourself will be left in what you do.”
“The idea of perfection always gives one a chance to talk without knowing facts.”
“The voice of Mr Bush and the voice of Mr Blair can't decide who shall rule in Zimbabwe, who shall rule in Africa, who shall rule in Asia, who shall rule in Venezuela, who shall rule in Iran, who shall rule in Iraq.”

Source : "Mugabe uses UN forum to compare Blair to Mussolini" by John Hooper, www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2005.
“Happiness--a small-scale, endearing, harmonious happiness--surely dwelt here beneath the low-powered lamps in the tiny rooms of these houses. A small-scale happiness and a modest harmony: let a man cry out, let him rage, let him howl with grief with all the power of which he was capable, what more than these could he ever hope to gain in this life?”

Source : Fumiko Enchi (1971). “The waiting years”
“People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.”

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