Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
When a man wants to murder a tiger, he calls it sport; when the tiger wants to murder him, he calls it ferocity. The distinction between crime and justice is no greater.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
What are your opinions on these quotes? because i think they are very thought provoking.
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Hi Alex,
I'm sorry that it's taken so long for me to comment...
I like the first line of the first quote, although I don't quite understand the rest of it. From my own experience, my desires definitely feed my imagination, which then feeds my decisions/will, and ultimately my actions... so I guess that makes sense.
The second quote is quite provocative... I find ethics and defining 'true justice' to be fascinating problems in philosophy and theology. We'll adress some of that this Thursday when we delve into utilitarianism, and one of it's most extreme advocates: Peter Singer... Google him, and you'll get a taste of his challenging ideas :)
I think the third quote is the best... it adresses labels, in particular, "Who is the 'unreasonable man'?" and more importantly, "Who is calling that man unreasonable, and why?"
The last quote reminds me of two quotes from my favorite philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard:
"The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss--an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. --is sure to be noticed."
"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself."
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