Even those novelists most commonly deemed “philosophical” have sometimes answered with an emphatic no. Iris Murdoch, the longtime Oxford philosopher and author of some two dozen novels treating highbrow themes like consciousness and morality, argued that philosophy and literature were contrary pursuits. Philosophy calls on the analytical mind to solve conceptual problems in an “austere, unselfish, candid” prose, she said in a BBC interview broadcast in 1978, while literature looks to the imagination to show us something “mysterious, ambiguous, particular” about the world. Any appearance of philosophical ideas in her own novels was an inconsequential reflection of what she happened to know. “If I knew about sailing ships I would put in sailing ships,” she said. “And in a way, as a novelist, I would rather know about sailing ships than about philosophy.
Iris MurdochStichwörter: thoughtful
Married women are far more depressed than married men -- in unhappy marriages, three times more; and -- interestingly -- in happy marriages, five times more. In truth, it is men who are thriving in marriage, now as always, and who show symptoms of psychological and physical distress outside it. Not only their emotional well-being but their very lives, some studies say, depend on being married!
Dalma HeynStichwörter: love marriage relationships thoughtful depression social-science dalma-heyn
It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.
Frank HerbertStichwörter: thoughtful
The essential intention is the real sin. A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man.
Anthony BurgessStichwörter: thoughtful
The flock gets sight of a spot of blood on some chicken and they all go to peckin' at it, see, till they rip the chicken to shreds, blood and bones and feathers. But usually a couple of the flock gets spotted in the fracas, then it's their turn. And a few more gets spots and gets pecked to death, and more and more. Oh, a peckin' party can wipe out the whole flock in a matter of a few hours, buddy, I seen it. A mighty awesome sight. The only way to prevent it—with chickens—is to clip blinders on them. So's they can't see.
Ken KeseyStichwörter: thoughtful
Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Stichwörter: thoughtful
Something I am wondering:
if you cannot hear
do you have no sounds
in your head?
Do you see
a
silent
movie
Stichwörter: thoughtful
Three is the number of those who do holy work;
Two is the number of those who do lover's work;
One is the number of those who do perfect evil
Or perfect good.
Stichwörter: thoughtful numerology
You know, when you’re right,that’s all you get to be.
James PattersonStichwörter: thoughtful
And eternity is a long time. So if you have to spend it with someone I could see wanting to spend it with someone impossible...but interesting....
Meg CabotStichwörter: thoughtful
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