Wednesday

her bed is a boat


(Almost) three words i like today

Pyrrhonic: to remain in a state of perpetual inquiry, disputing the possibility of attaining truth by sensory apprehension, reason, or the two combined, and thence inferred the need for total suspension of judgement - an epoche (the theoretical moment where all judgements about the existence of the external world, and consequently all action in the world, are suspended). Even the statement that nothing can be known is dogmatic (religious belief).

Ataraxia: for the Epicureans, ataraxia was synonymous with the only true happiness possible for a person. It signifies the state of robust tranquility that derives from eschewing faith in an afterlife, not fearing the gods because they are distant and unconcerned with us, avoiding politics and vexatious people, surrounding oneself with trustworthy and affectionate friends and, most importantly, being an affectionate, virtuous person worthy of trust.

'He believes he has a soul and like many a possessor of such a thing, he is made to pay the price for this belief' - Margaret Atwood





How you must have suffered getting accustomed to me, my savage, solitary soul - Pablo Neruda

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