5 notes tagged "materialism"
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confusion of private property
Property has so many duties that its possession to any large extent involves endless claims upon one, endless attention to business. If property had
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materialistic pathology
self-expression as an answer to materialistic pathology. shamed out of being artistic, I reason that this privilege is given to a chosen few, with an inborn talent, usually recognized long after they die. inspiration meeting cultivation with an innate desire to lessen pain and produce more joy
#poetry #spirituality #artist #materialism #resistance -
tolstovstvo
Tolstoy’s philosophy challenges individuals to reject evil in all forms—whether overt or passive—and to live with moral clarity, influencing later movements for nonviolent resistance.
#spirituality #materialism #authority #subject -
materialism - not a solution for the unlived youthfulness
The American ideal of perpetual youthfulness dies very hard in us. We are so materialistic and so enamored of the power of will that we refuse to
#reality #aging #materialism -
concerning the spiritual in art
The painter Wassily Kandinsky saw himself as a pioneer of a new spirituality. “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, 1911 (Василий Кандинский, “О
#artist #spirituality #materialism #objectified