analects noun, pl

/ˈan.ə.lɛkts/

a collection of ideas, extracts, or teachings.

Great Thinkers

stuff On people who represent big ideas

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analects under the categories btrmt. believes in, as set out in the manifesto

analects organised according to the fundamental questions of philosophy

sequences of articles gathered around a more focused idea

  • strawson on panpsychism 8 May 2025 [marginalium] Strawson on panpsychism. I think panpsychism—the idea that everything is trivially ‘conscious’—is disappointing: Panpsychists say that, per...
  • the mystery of pope francis 24 Apr 2025 [marginalium] The mystery of Pope Francis. I have been watching the articles on him, wondering why I know much more about Pope Francis than other Popes. L...
  • on kahneman's assisted suicide 10 Apr 2025 [marginalium] On Kahneman’s assisted suicide. WSJ, so need paywall buster. No particular angle here, but interesting to see people try to apply all the bi...
  • who can claim aristotle? 6 Dec 2024 [marginalium] Who can claim Aristotle? for a writer whose thinking was so clear and, in many ways, modern, people with radically different stances have t...
  • carl jung's midlife-crisis notebooks 15 Nov 2024 [marginalium] Carl Jung’s Midlife-Crisis Notebooks: Often, The Black Books read like an epic fantasy, especially when Jung encounters characters that gui...
  • accidentally a good list of great thinkers 25 Oct 2024 [marginalium] Accidentally a good list of great thinkers. Not sure I care so much about the ‘which thinkers are more or less prominent and why’ angle. jus...
  • which thinkers support the elites 3 Sep 2024 [marginalium] A simple theory of which thinkers support the elites, or not: Most “heterodox” thinkers like to think they are encouraging a more nuanced u...
  • for plato, rationalists and mystics can walk the same path 20 Aug 2024 [marginalium] For Plato, rationalists and mystics can walk the same path: For Plato, the sensory world is epistemologically fallible. True knowledge lies...
  • on philosopher derek parfit 30 Aug 2023 [marginalium] On philosopher Derek Parfit: the most important philosopher you’ve never heard of. he has almost no reputation outside of academic philosop...
  • the greatness of maria montessori 26 Mar 2023 [marginalium] The greatness of Maria Montessori. ‘it is the human personality and not a method of education that must be considered; it is the defence of...
  • the messiah of zooming out 13 Mar 2023 [marginalium] The Messiah Of Zooming Out. On Alexander Grothendieck, a mathematician who saw more than most: the philosophy was this: If a phenomenon see...
  • what if marx and freud never existed 19 Feb 2023 [marginalium] What if Marx and Freud never existed? the proposition that as the ego is navigating the external world (the Reality Principle) it also has...
  • an intro to confucius 16 Feb 2023 [marginalium] An intro to Confucius.
  • malcolm x on racism, capitalism and islam 17 Jan 2023 [marginalium] Malcolm X on racism, capitalism and Islam.
  • the contradictory nature of the elizabethans 21 Sep 2022 [marginalium] The Contradictory Nature of the Elizabethans: the Elizabethans … They had a passion for virtue and a genius for cruelty. They had wonderful...
  • the logical mystic—on witgenstein’s tractictus 6 Mar 2022 [marginalium] The logical mystic—on Witgenstein’s Tractictus: Simply, the truly religious was outside of speech. It could only be “shown” – and, as he pu...
  • on ernst junger and his war-time diaries and a descent into magic 4 Jan 2022 [marginalium] On Ernst Junger and his war-time diaries and a descent into magic. Ultimately, he was far too Right-wing to accept Nazism Jünger comes un...
  • on the origins of the philosophy of cynicism 5 Mar 2021 [marginalium] On the origins of the philosophy of cynicism: the incredible influence of the shadowy Diogenes. I suspect he would have been somewhat less i...

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