Thought Tickle

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Big ideas. No jargon. Philosophy for the rest of us. Written & Hosted by Enitan A. Substack: https://thoughttickle.substack.com Website: https://thoughttickle.carrd.co Support your local library 📚 #philsky #philosophy

Text: Digital personalities teach people what to admire, what to mock, what to ignore, and whose experience actually matters.

Confucius describes [ren] as loving and caring for others, and not doing anything to them that you wouldn't want done to yourself.

text: Today, we place personal happiness at the centre of our being, but he would shift the focus to the well-being of the wider society.

Text: Pleasure becomes a problem when it's the only measure, when "does this feel good?" is the only question we ask.

Quotation: You think, you act, you learn from what happens, you think again. Over time, that loop shapes who you are.

Quotation from substack article: we say we want peace, but we fill every quiet space with background noise, just in case an uncomfortable thought shows up.

Quotation: "Practical wisdom, or phronesis, is the ability to read a situation and choose well."

Title: Happiness are we doing it wrong? Image of Aristotle, in yellow robe, smiling.

Laptop screen showing a word doc with a half finished essay on Kant’s Metaphysical Framework. A bunch of emojis above masking the private home.

Plato speaking into a microphone with the text ‘Nobody Gets It’ written above.

Man sitting in plane seat fearful, the words “dichotomy of control” glowing above him.

Confucius asking how to live well