No genuine choice is ever simply a matter of the arbitrary exercise of will. Take your choice of lunch today. You can't decide to want anything, but what you want will at least in part be a result of a series of other choices and judgments you've made in your life to date.
Julian BagginiSince Plato, we have been considering the nature of knowledge, the meaning of meaning and the status of the physical world.
Julian BagginiNo one has ever understood anything better by assuming that there is no reason for why it is the way it is.
Julian BagginiIf there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.
Julian Baggini