Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations,” Marx claimed, “the relations within which these individuals stand.” Yet Marx interpreted these relationships as economic relationships. Hitler, when observing the same phenomenon, generally interpreted these relations as kinship or racial relations.

I might be a nihilist except that I don’t believe in anything.

While there is no way to definitively distinguish between the ancient and the modern, “culture” is more ancient and closer to biology, while “civilization” is more modern and closer to technology.

There is a very popular opinion that choosing life is inherently superior to choosing death. This belief that life isinherently preferable to death is one of the most widespread superstitions. This bias constitutes one of the most obstinate mythologies of the human species.

What does despair mean to someone who interprets that emotion as a chemical reaction in the brain?