Morality is not a simple set of rules. It's a very complex struggle of conflicting patterns of values. This conflict is the residue of evolution. As new patters evolve they come into conflict with old ones. Each stage of evolution creates in its wake a wash of problems.

And what is good, Phaedrus, And what is not good— Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?

No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow.

The bones and flesh and legal statistics are the garments worn by the personality, not the other way around.

We take a handful of sand from the endless landscape of awareness around us and call that handful of sand the world.

I think metaphysics is good if it improves everyday life; otherwise forget it.

I argued that physical discomfort is important only when the mood is wrong. Then you fasten on to whatever thing is uncomfortable and call that the cause. But if the mood is right, then physical discomfort doesn't mean much.