Don’t use language instrumentally.
JORDAN PETERSONDon’t use language instrumentally.
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If you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation.
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When the aristocracy catches a cold, as it is said, the working class dies of pneumonia.
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Sometimes it seems the only people willing to give advice in a realistic society are those with the least to offer.
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It’s the chattering buzz of ideologically possessed demons.
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Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.
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Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all.
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You deserve some respect. You are important to other people, as much as to yourself. You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.
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Life is indistinguishable from effortful maintenance.
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Territory matters, and there is little difference between territorial rights and social status. It is often a matter of life and death.
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Dreams shed light on the dim places where reason itself has yet to voyage.
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Untruth corrupts the soul and the state alike, and one form of corruption feeds the other.
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It is better, proverbially, to rule your own spirit than to rule a city.
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what can be truly loved about a person is inseparable from their limitations.
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Dare, instead, to be dangerous. Dare to be truthful. Dare to articulate yourself, and express (or at least become aware of) what would really justify your life.
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Aristotle defined virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.
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