Second paragraph of third chapter (actually I found it rather difficult to count to three here, but this will do):

The effect of an object upon the faculty of representation, so far as we are affected by the said object, is sensation. That sort of intuition which relates to an object by means of sensation is called an empirical intuition. The ( Read more... )

Second paragraph of third chapter:Ashoka argued against intolerance and in favour of he understanding that even when one social or religious sect of people find themselves opposed to other ones, ‘other sects should be duly honoured in every way on all occasions’. Among the reasons he gave for this behavioural advice was the broadly epistemic one ( Read more... )

季文子三思而後行。子聞之、曰。再、斯可矣。

Ji Wen Zi contemplated something three times before acting upon it. When Confucius heard this, he said, “Twice is enough.”

• The aviation and shipping industries, and the climate deal
  A tricky equation.
  (tags: climatechange )
• Why we stay up too late (in Dutch)
  By @LieseExelmans (thx @JuliaNienaber).
  (tags: psychology sleep )
• A History of Semi-Popular Philosophy of Mind
  Interesting question with interesting answers.
  (tags: philosophy psychology historyofscience )
• Belfast's ( Read more... )

• So What Gives? (About Tolerance)
  Nailing the "intolerant liberals" lie.
  (tags: philosophy politics )
• When it comes to our welfare system, we’ve lost the plot
  Finding a better narrative.
  (tags: ukpolitics )

• Mercator Puzzle!
  Fantastic - there was one country at the end that took me a while to get!
  (tags: maps )
• My Big Study
  Francis tells us about his PhD, in Up-Goer Five.
  (tags: Philosophy )

• Lord Russell meet Lord Russell
  But which is which?
  (tags: philosophy funny )
• The one million tweet map #onemilliontweetmap
  Saved to look at later.
  (tags: map twitter )
• 585 - Poitiers All Over Again: Pastry, Islam and Isoglosses
  The secret history of the pain au chocolat. (Or chocolatine?)
  (tags: chocolate history maps )
• Cheaper by Eleven?
  Mary, the ( Read more... )

• Mount Everest Records Deadliest Year in over a Decade
  "The disaster in May was a signal that the mountain urgently needs a break. But it won't get it. There's too much money to be made on Everest."
  (tags: everest )
• The Complete "How To Write A Thriller", by Ian Fleming
  Famous essay resurrected by @dduane and @p_morwood.
  (tags: writing )
• No, you're ( Read more... )

I rather enjoyed this: a canter through the history of Western philosophy from the pre-Socratics to Sartre, as told in a series of mysterious communications from an enigmatic teacher to instruct 14-year-old Sophie. I loved the moment when she learns about Aristotle and immediately goes home and tidies her room - would this tactic work for real ( Read more... )

A quirk of my self-imposed reading schedule means I got to this shortly after Russell's The Problems of Philosophy, to which it is somewhat related. I know the author from our shared careers as political activists and operators, but this book is entirely about ethics, attempting to establish a universal code of how to make the right decision. ( Read more... )