700-year-old handwritten copy of Maimonides’ “Guide of the Perplexed” is going up for auction - bidding starts at $129,250. The methods & questions of philosophy “change under the influence of many forces, among them answers given by philosophers of an earlier age, the prevailing moral, religious and social beliefs of the period, the state of scientific knowledge…” - an appreciation of Isaiah Berlin's history of philosophy, from Dan Little (UM-Dearborn).Soldier, whistle-blower, philosopher, sufferer of mental illness, and “a journey, all the way to the grave, that didn’t need to be” - the (ongoing) story of the late Ian Fishback.“The kind of philosophy I love is the kind of philosophy that embraces ambivalence and contradiction” - Amia Srinivasan (Oxford) in conversation with artist Paul Chan.“Something to push against, something to argue with, and even if you disagree with it, engaging with it helps to make your thinking about matters of justice richer” - Martin O’Neill (York), Fabienne Peter (Warwick), and Jonathan Wolff (Oxford) on the ideas of John Rawls & his critics on the BBC's "In Our Time".She's a philosopher making music (check out her "Block of Amber"). “Socrates,” the dream said, “make music and work at it” - Jenny Judge (NYU) shared this quote from the Phaedo.“In a mob, we voice the same conclusions because we defer to others or because we ape them… In a public conversation, we correct and challenge each other, so it is no stroke of fortuity when we find ourselves in accord” - Anastasia Berg (Hebrew) & Becca Rothfeld (Harvard) distingush two forms of collective speech.If you like that style, try it, or go your own way, and then email your poster to me at and I can put it up for you. These were pretty easy to make by modifying this blank version of the stereotypical corporate motivational poster, but afterwards (of course) I noticed what looks like an even easier method: a corporate motivational poster maker. Flavorwire posts a set of (de)motivational posters featuring quotes “ from your favorite depressing philosophers.” Philosophers, I think we can do better.
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