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Category: Raheel Farooq

Philosophy is an infertile hybrid. Life is a prolific hermaphrodite.

life, philosophy, reason, universe, versatility

Rules are where there is a lack. They are to make up the deficiency, explicit or implicit. The system of existence, being complete in itself, is in no need to follow any of them. The appearance of disorder—or even order, in contrast—is when we observe something as a detached entity. Taken as a whole, the Universe is absolute, nothing being lacking, insignificant, or improvable. So, any such thing as a Theory of Everything (TOE) is a mere chimera.

logic, philosophy, rules, theory-of-everything, universe

Destination is, ideally, where one should stop; and ideally, one should not stop. Practically, destination of a great man is where he wants to stop; of a common man, where he has to. The one ends with Will, the other with Reason. Morality is always pursued, never reached!

destination, morality, reason, will

Thoughts are ghosts of emotions.

character, emotions, intelligence, personality, sentiments, thinking, thought

Man is meant for good but designed for evil.

character, human-character, human-nature, humanism, humanistic-spirituality, humanity, man, mankind

What,” “how,” “when,” etc are all questions more or less common to religion and philosophy. But to ask “why” is a transgression in religion, and this inquiry has undoubtedly taken the heaviest tolls on intellect.

intellect, philosophy, religion, understanding

We seldom make logical mistakes, but often have mistaken logics.

concepts, error, learning, logic, logical-mistake, mistakes, understanding

Truth can be stated simply, but cannot be understood as such.

axioms, philosophy, religious-wisdom, truth, truths, understanding, wisdom

Misunderstanding is generally simpler than true understanding, and hence has more potential for popularity.

misconceptions, misunderstanding, myths, popular-culture, popularity, propaganda, public-opinion, religious-myths, understanding

Encouraging virtue is better than suppressing vice.

evil, good, vice, virtue

An apparent misfortune of man is that neither good nor evil is an agency itself; both are equally passive choices. Man himself is the ultimate agency. He has the power to realize and activate the dead options. Only then, that is, by the action of Will, good results in good and evil in evil.

character, evil, free-will, good, philosophy

Predictability is not how things will go, but how they can go.

determinism, fate, free-will, philosophy, predictability, probability