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61 " In Hobbes' memorable description, life outside society would be ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’. "
― Nigel Warburton , A Little History of Philosophy
62 " Boethius, dunyada adaletin yokmus gibi gorunmesine hayiflanir. Cogu kez iyiler ve erdemliler aci cekerken kotuler gonenir. Felsefe, iyiyi arayislariyla nihai amaca, sahici mutluluga ulasma gucune sahip olduklari icin aslinda erdemlilerin odullendirildigini iddia eder. Kotuler yalnizca goneniyormus gibi gorunur: Aslinda akillarini terk etmekle insanliktan cikarlar ve onlara ceza vermek yerine acimak ve tedavi etmek gerekir. "
― Nigel Warburton
63 " Another way Epicurus thought he could cure his followers of their fear of death was by pointing out the difference between what we feel about the future and what we feel about the past. "
64 " Plato thought that letting the people vote was like letting the passengers steer a ship – far better to let people who knew what they were doing take charge. "
65 " iyi eylemler de arzudan kaynaklanıyorsa, eşit ölçüde kontrolünüz dışındadır "
― Nigel Warburton , Philosophy: The Classics
66 " tevazu, utangaçlık ile utanmazlık arasında durur "
67 " bir çiçekle bahar gelmez ve bir günlük mutluluk da mutlu bir yaşamı garanti etmez "
68 " Whether or not you can imagine your own death, it seems quite natural to be at least a bit afraid of not existing. "
69 " was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind "
70 " Zincirlerini kıran kişi bir filozof gibidir. Görünüşlerin ötesini görür. Sıradan bir insan gerçeklik hakkında az fikre sahiptir, çünkü onu derinlemesine düşünmemektense, hemen önünde duran şeye bakmaktan hoşnuttur. Ne var ki görünüşler aldatıcıdır. Gördükler, gölgelerdir, gerçeklik değil. "
71 " Epicurus (341–271 BC) tried to show that we have no reason to fear death. Fear of death arises from mistakenly imagining that we will be there after our deaths to mourn our own loss. But when we are alive, death is absent; and when we are dead, we no longer exist to be harmed. So either we are alive, and death isn’t harming us; or we are dead, and then there is nothing to be harmed. Furthermore, he argued, we don’t usually worry about the eternity of our nonexistence before birth, so we shouldn’t worry in the least about the eternity of our non-existence after death. His conclusion was that fear of death is irrational. "
― Nigel Warburton , Philosophy: The Basics