Saw this quote somewhere online… kind of liked it… what do you think?
The true and divine intellectualism of the brillant mind emanates from an ability of a mind not to use its powers to attain even a morsel or grain of self righteousness— but to use its powers to, in essence, become a well-oiled machine devoutly dutiful and purposeful in the progression of self and the progression of humanity.
I like this better:
The true and divine intellectualism of the brillant mind emanates from an ability of a mind not to use its powers to attain even a morsel or grain of self righteousness— but to use those abilities to uplift their fellow man in order that they become productive, loving beings.
" Man’s liberty resides solely in this: that he follow natural laws because he himself recognizes them not because they are put upon him by any extrinsic force, whether human or divine."
Okay, I fess up, I wrote the quote… actually I did this because I wanted a completely unbiased opinion of my quote… which I wrote based on watching a movie.
anyhow, I actually came up with a slightly different version and would like some honest opinions??
The truly divine intellectulism of the brillant mind emanates from an ability of a mind not to use its powers to attain even a morsel or grain of self righteousness— but to use its powers to in essence become a well-oiled machine: devoutly dutiful and purposeful in the progression of self and of humanity.
thanks I actually slightly edited it again… I think this is better now?
The truly divine intellectulism of the brillant mind emanates from an ability of a mind not to use its powers to attain even a morsel or grain of self righteousness— but to use its powers to become a well-oiled machine: devoutly dutiful and purposeful in the progression of self and of humanity.
I would say that progression is so entirely relative that there can be no objective purpose behind it.
Next I would say that “humanity” is an ideal created by absolutists who forget that the actual ideal itself doesn’t exist beyond its fleeting illusion and that only individual people exist where they live not under some great categorization but instead live for themselves existentially.