Particular Experiences are Mind in Movement – Bernardo Kastrup
“Particular experiences – that is, particular contents of mind – are just mind in movement.”
Bernardo Kastrup
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Bernardo Kastrup on Reality and Role in Life
“Partake in reality as an actor in a theatrical play: with attention, dedication and an open heart. But never believe yourself to be your character, for characters spend their lives chasing their own shadows, whereas actors embody the meaning of existence.”
Bernardo Kastrup
James Hopwood Jeans: Stream of Knowledge and Non-Mechanical Reality
“The stream of knowledge is heading towards a non-mechanical reality; the Universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine. Mind no longer appears to be an accidental intruder into the realm of matter… we ought rather hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of matter.”
James Hopwood Jeans
Mental Substance and Consciousness – Arthur Eddington
“The mind-stuff of the world is, of course, something more general than our individual conscious minds…. It is difficult for the matter-of-fact physicist to accept the view that the substratum of everything is of mental character. But no one can deny that mind is the first and most direct thing in our experience, and all else is remote inference.”
Arthur Eddington
Meaning and Purpose in Modern Life – John Taylor Gatto
“Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don’t read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way to restore meaning and purpose to modern life.”
John Taylor Gatto
Quote by Thomas Sowell: Belief and Proof
“You do not need proof for what people want to believe.”
Thomas Sowell
John Taylor Gatto on School and Self-Directed Learning
“Children do not learn in school; they are babysat. It takes maybe 50 hours to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. After that, students can teach themselves. Mainly what school does is to keep the children off the streets and out of the job market.”
John Taylor Gatto
Politicians and Benefits – Thomas Sowell Quote
“There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.”
Thomas Sowell
Government and Economy: Quote by Milton Friedman
“There are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do.”
Milton Friedman
John Taylor Gatto on Education and Social Engineering
“What’s gotten in the way of education in the United States is a theory of social engineering that says there is ONE RIGHT WAY to proceed with growing up.”
John Taylor Gatto