BothsidesistFraud@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat's the last significant new idea or philosophy you heard about and thought was really interesting?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the last significant new idea or philosophy you heard about and thought was really interesting?BothsidesistFraud@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
I don’t mean an application of technology. Or a specific fact. I’m interested in more big picture things.
minus-squarebhmnscmm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·edit-29 months ago You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily. Reading that quote made me reflect on the distinctions between body, soul, and consciousness in a new way. It’s from the book A Canticle For Leibowitz for anyone curious.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoExcellent book. I’ve read it several times, but not recently.
minus-squarebhmnscmm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIt really is a fantastic book. I’m a sucker for mid-20th century nuclear apocalypse literature, but this book is in a league of its own.
Reading that quote made me reflect on the distinctions between body, soul, and consciousness in a new way.
It’s from the book A Canticle For Leibowitz for anyone curious.
Excellent book. I’ve read it several times, but not recently.
It really is a fantastic book. I’m a sucker for mid-20th century nuclear apocalypse literature, but this book is in a league of its own.