1, Thoreau said, to be a philosopher, you don't have to have profound thoughts, and you don't have to establish a school, but you have to love wisdom and live a simple, independent, open-minded and confident life under the guidance of wisdom. Truth may not make us rich, but it can set us free.
2. The history of mankind is only a moment in the universe, and the first lesson of history is to learn humility.
3, life is unfortunate, because pain is the most basic stimulus and reality of life, and pleasure is only a fragment of pain, its role is negative. Aristotle was right. A wise man does not seek pleasure, but freedom from anxiety and pain.
It is said that all the existing evils are brought by private ownership, but in fact, these evils come from another source, that is, the evil of human nature.
People with knowledge have strong anti-social impulse as ignorant people, but they will certainly control their impulse better. People are more confused and cruel when they are together than when they are alone.
6. Jesus said that morality is kindness to the weak; Nietzsche said that morality is the courage of the strong; Plato said that morality is a whole and efficient harmony. His ideal country is an unchangeable society, a rigid world that hates innovation. It only has science, not art; Only order, no freedom. It advocates nominal beauty, but expels artists who create beauty. This is actually not an ideal country, but Sparta or Prussia.
7. People are born unequal, not free but equal. Due to the difference of individual ability, the state of freedom will inevitably lead to social inequality. So equality is the suppression of the freedom of smart people. People who yearn for equality are those whose talent and intelligence are below average. Utopian equality is a disaster of biological evolution.
8. If the communication process is interrupted for more than a century, civilization will die and we will become barbarians again. Therefore, the best contemporary achievement is to provide higher education for all by devoting unprecedented financial and human resources.
9. The more successful our life is, the more boring we are. Desire is the source of endless pain for the general public, and boredom is the source of pain for the upper class. For the middle class, rest days represent boredom and working days represent desire.
10, half of genius is power, and the other half is control of power.