HEADER: "IX Why aphorisms are the grandest philosophy", TEXT: "Aphorisms should contain a modicum of bile, if only the faint bitterness of a life lived. JM"
This is the last HARMAA #aphorism - for now. HARMAA thanks you all for following us on our journey into an often overlooked form of thinking. What did you think? Do you think aphorisms really work as philosophy? #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
OTSKKO: "IX Why aphorisms are the grandest philosophy", TEXT "Aphorism is to philosophy as the Mediterranean sun is to the Black Forest. JM"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "IX Why aphorisms are the grandest philosophy", TEXT: "Aphorisms fly best as a quarreling and jeering flock. ER"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: IX Why aphorisms are the grandest philosophy", TEXT: "An aphorism hits you on the head with a frying pan and flashes a half-truth. ER"
Our last theme takes a positive look at aphorisms. Many writers have found the aphorism to be _the_ philosophical genre - why? A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "VIII Change", TEXT: "We can always blame previous generations for the problems we inherit, whereas for new problems we do not blame generations, but those whose interests differ from ours. ER"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "VIII Change", TEXT: "When the reader takes in your words, she turns something on and something offf. She lights her world with their help, and your words are no longer your words but fuel for her engine. ER"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "VIII Change" TEXT "Believing is a wave motion: when a recently invented idea is shouted from every rooftop, we get bored and turn towards something new - but what? ER"
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HEADER: "VIII Change", TEXT "We move in time, but can we move time? ER"
New title, new topic! It's been often said that only change is permanent. A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "VII Responsible", TEXT "I was irritated to hear it said that power is not good or evil, but dangerous. Should we now start taking responsibility for what rains down on us? JM"
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HEADER "VII Responsible", TEXT "A person cannot be responsible for everything! Particularly for being responsible. ER"
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HEADER: "VII Responsible", TEXT: A person cannot be responsible for everything! Not even for having a nose on their face. ER"
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HEADER: "VII Responsible", TEXT: "A person cannot be responsible for everything! Think of a volcanic eruption! ER"
Our next series of aphorisms asks the question: What are we responsible for? A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "VI Thoughts are animals", TEXT: "It is pointless to try to control your thoughts once you have set them free. They do what they please and spit on their originator! ER"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "VI Thoughts are animals", TEXT: "Thoughts love each other's company. When you try to come up with one, you face emptiness. When you frequent the - even stupid - thoughts of others, a flock of new ones takes wing from your pen. ER"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "VI Thoughts are animals," TEXT: "Thoughts breed like rabbits: read one, and in your head it begets another. ER"
Even thoughts have their animal side! A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "V Thoughts of the digestive system", TEXT: "If philosophy is an illness, how can we stop getting ill before it's too late? Aristotle is clearly hiding something. JM"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "V Thoughts of the digestive system", TEXT: "Philosophy is merely the continuation of a personal grudge by other means. JV"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "V Thoughts of the digestive system", TEXT: "There are pplenty of treatments for bowel diseases, but how can one recover from a thinking disease? JV"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "V Thoughts of the digestive system." TEXT: "If the bowels are another brain, what does its thinking sound like? JV"
New theme! Aphorisms can also inspect the world from the POV of our digestive organs. A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "IV Inspirational Quotes", TEXT: "On morals: the rich do wrong because they can, the poor do wrong because they can do nothing else. Only those in the middle need philosophers to understand these things. JM"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "IV Inspirational Quotes", TEXT "They say narcissism is inborn, but empathy unravels more as we mature. JV"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "IV Inspirational Quotes", TEXT "Apathy and visionlessness had a child: hindsight. ER"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: IV Inspirational Quotes, TEXT: "Self-interest and bitterness had a child: short-sightedness. ER"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "IV Inspirational Quotes", TEXT: "The dynamics of humanity: we sowed the seeds of destruction and now we philosophise about it. ER"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: IV Inspirational Quotes", TEXT: "A spider spins her web around her catch. Squirming does not help but makes it worse. The death is slow and excruciating. How sweet it is sometimes to philosophize! JM"
The thinking process can also be approached aphoristically. A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "IV Inspirational Quotes", TEXT: "Every profound suffering contains the seed of totalitarianism. JV"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER "IV Inspirational Quotes", TEXT: "Pain brings the deepest gratitude to life. IP"
Happy New Year! Entering 2025, remember that pain can also be a source of inspiration. A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "IV Inspirational Quotes", TEXT: "The most noble and beautiful of all beings: the dog. The worst of all cruelties: her short life and that the wretch she worships is also her executioner! ER"
Our friend the dog has been the inspiration for many a canine quote. A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "IV Inspirational Quotes", TEXT: "Childhood: pure potentiality. Adulthood: life's axe-blow to the spinal cord. ER"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
HEADER: "IV Inspirational Quotes", TITLE "Days pass by with the inevitability of necks on a guillotine, waiting to be cut. ER"
A new HARMAA #aphorism will be published every day in a series organized under nine themes. #harmaa_aphorism #harmaathinking #philosophy #koneensaatio @koneensaatio.fi
