[Albert Camus] ने हमेशा इस बात पर जोर दिया कि ऐतिहासिक कसौटियां और ऐतिहासिक तर्क ही एकमात्र ऐसी चीजें नहीं हैं जिन्हें ध्यान में रखा जाना चाहिए, और न ही वे सर्वशक्तिमान हैं; इतिहास इंसानों के मामले में हमेशा गलत भी साबित हो सकता है। आज हम इसी सोच की ओर बढ़ रहे हैं।

[Albert] Camus always insisted that historical criteria and historical reasoning were not the only things to take into account, and that they weren't all powerful, that history could always be wrong about man. Today, this is how we are starting to think.

[Albert] Camus always insisted that historical criteria and historical reasoning were not the only things to take into account, and that they weren't all powerful, that history could always be wrong about man. Today, this is how we are starting to think.

Topic Society & World History
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Philosophical 95%

अगर आप किसी के भी जीवन का आकलन अलग-अलग पहलुओं से करें, तो हर बार 'अच्छा होने' का अर्थ बदल जाता है। यह कोई तय पैमाना नहीं है।

If you cross-section anyone's life from one angle and then another, what constitutes goodness looks different each time. It's not an absolute.

If you cross-section anyone's life from one angle and then another, what constitutes goodness looks different each time. It's not an absolute.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Truth
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Philosophical 95%

अपने फैसले सुनाने से बचें, क्योंकि जिस पल आपको लगता है कि आप सब कुछ जानते हैं, उसी पल आप सीखना बंद कर देते हैं।

Try and withhold your judgment, because as soon as you think you know something, you're shutting down.

Try and withhold your judgment, because as soon as you think you know something, you're shutting down.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Critical Thinking
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Neutral Type: Life Advice 95%

बहुत से धार्मिक ग्रंथों को पढ़ना वाकई दिलचस्प होता है। यही वजह है कि वे आज भी प्रासंगिक हैं।

A lot of religious texts make for good reading. That's why they hold up.

A lot of religious texts make for good reading. That's why they hold up.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Reading
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 95%

सच कहूँ तो, परिकल्पनाओं से भरी महंगी किताबों की पूरी लाइब्रेरी से कहीं अधिक मूल्यवान और स्थायी एक अकेला गणितीय अंक होता है।

Truly I say to you, a single number has more genuine and permanent value than an expensive library full of hypotheses.

Truly I say to you, a single number has more genuine and permanent value than an expensive library full of hypotheses.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Reading
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Positive Type: Aphorism 95%

मेरी स्थिति बिल्कुल स्पष्ट है। गुरुत्वाकर्षण, गति, ऊष्मा, प्रकाश, बिजली और रासायनिक क्रिया—ये सब अलग-अलग रूपों में एक ही ऊर्जा या वस्तु के विभिन्न रूप हैं।

My position is perfectly definite. Gravitation, motion, heat, light, electricity and chemical action are one and the same object in various forms of manifestation.

My position is perfectly definite. Gravitation, motion, heat, light, electricity and chemical action are one and the same object in various forms of manifestation.

Topic Nature & Universe Universe
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Neutral Type: Philosophical 95%

कुछ क्षेत्रों में ऐसा लगता है कि अलग-ปलगे पले-बढ़े हमारे जुड़वाँ बच्चे भी... उतने ही एक जैसे हैं जितने एक साथ पले-बढ़े जुड़वाँ बच्चे होते हैं। यह वाकई एक हैरान करने वाला नतीजा है और मैं आपको यकीन दिला सकता हूँ कि हममें से किसी ने भी इतनी समानता की उम्मीद नहीं की थी।

In some domains it looks as though our identical twins reared apart are...just as similar as identical twins reared together. Now that's an amazing finding and I can assure you none of us would have expected that degree of similarity.

In some domains it looks as though our identical twins reared apart are...just as similar as identical twins reared together. Now that's an amazing finding and I can assure you none of us would have expected that degree of similarity.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Science
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 94%

जैसे जब आप कोई किताब उठाते हैं और आपको यह एहसास नहीं होता कि वह किस तरह का पाठ है—वह कोई निबंध, उपन्यास, जीवनी हो सकती है—और एक बिन्दु पर आपको एहसास होता है कि एक पाठक के रूप में आप यह नहीं जानते कि आप कहाँ होना चाहते हैं। आप इस पाठ के साथ कहाँ जा रहे हैं? इसका उद्देश्य क्या है? आप जो पढ़ रहे हैं उसकी व्याख्या आपको कैसे करनी चाहिए? और लोगों की प्रतिक्रियाएँ अलग-अलग होती हैं—कुछ को यह पसंद नहीं आता, और वे इस उलझन तथा समझ की कमी से दूर भाग जाते हैं।

Like when you pick up a book and you don't realize what type of text it is - it could be an essay, a novel, a biography - and at one point you realize you don't know where, as a reader, you want to be. Where are you going with this text? What is the goal? How are you supposed to interpret what you're reading? And people's responses vary - some dislike it, and are put off by the confusion, the lack of comprehension.

Like when you pick up a book and you don't realize what type of text it is - it could be an essay, a novel, a biography - and at one point you realize you don't know where, as a reader, you want to be. Where are you going with this text? What is the goal? How are you supposed to interpret what you're reading? And people's responses vary - some dislike it, and are put off by the confusion, the lack of comprehension.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Reading
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 94%

फिर भी, उनके काम करने के तरीके में एक बुनियादी संकोच झलकता है जो आज के अत्यधिक प्रचार-प्रसार वाले दौर में बेहद ताज़गी भरा लगता है। ब्रांड ने लोगों को मशहूर हस्ती (आइकन) बनाने के लिए कोई बहुत पाखंडी या दिखावटी तरीके नहीं अपनाए, और न ही किसी तस्वीर जैसे क्षणिक माध्यम में उनकी “असली फितरत” दिखाने का दावा किया। इसके बजाय, उन्होंने फोटोग्राफी की खास खूबियों का इस्तेमाल अपने विषयों के बारे में अंतरंग बातें बयां करने के लिए किया—ऐसी बातें जिन्हें शब्दों में बयां नहीं किया जा सकता, और शायद तस्वीरों में भी उतारना मुमकिन न हो।

Still, there is a basic reticence about his approach that feels refreshing in today's culture of maximum exposure. Brandt did not go to great lengths to turn people into icons, nor did he presume to show their “true nature” in something so transient as a photograph. Instead, he used photography's special qualities to suggest intimate things about his subjects, things that cannot be put into words, and may not even be possible to put into pictures.

Still, there is a basic reticence about his approach that feels refreshing in today's culture of maximum exposure. Brandt did not go to great lengths to turn people into icons, nor did he presume to show their “true nature” in something so transient as a photograph. Instead, he used photography's special qualities to suggest intimate things about his subjects, things that cannot be put into words, and may not even be possible to put into pictures.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 94%

जिंदगी खूबसूरत, गहरी और विस्मयकारी हो सकती है, वो भी तब जब कोई क्रोधी भगवान हमें शाश्वत यातना देने की धमकी न दे रहा हो।

Life can be beautiful, profound, and awe-inspiring, even without an irate god threatening us with eternal torment.

Life can be beautiful, profound, and awe-inspiring, even without an irate god threatening us with eternal torment.

Topic Spirituality & Morality Religion
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Philosophical 94%

सादे के बारे में जितनी भी बातें कही जाती हैं, उनमें से मैं यही कहूँगा कि वह बेहद मज़ेदार इंसान थे। बहुत से लोग सादे को समझ नहीं पाए। पहली बात, वह एक बहुत अच्छे लेखक थे, और दूसरी बात, उनमें उन तमाम चीज़ों पर खुलकर बात करने का साहस था, जिनके बारे में आज भी सार्वजनिक रूप से लगभग कोई बात करने की हिम्मत नहीं जुटा पाता। वह इन बातों को एक बड़े ही मज़ेदार अंदाज़ में बयान करते थे—कहानियाँ खुद वैसी नहीं होती थीं, बल्कि उनके बयान करने का तरीका ऐसा होता था। वह कभी भी गंभीर नहीं होते थे।

Of all the things about de Sade, I would argue he is funny. A lot of people didn't understand de Sade. No. 1, he is a very good writer, and No. 2, he had the courage to talk about a lot of things that in public, even now, almost nobody has the courage to talk about. He would do it with a kind of funny way - not the stories themselves, but the way he tells them. He is never serious.

Of all the things about de Sade, I would argue he is funny. A lot of people didn't understand de Sade. No. 1, he is a very good writer, and No. 2, he had the courage to talk about a lot of things that in public, even now, almost nobody has the courage to talk about. He would do it with a kind of funny way - not the stories themselves, but the way he tells them. He is never serious.

Tone: Witty Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 94%

मेरे पास इस बात का कोई ठोस जवाब नहीं है कि एशियाई देश पश्चिमी मॉडल को अपनाए बिना अपनी खुद की अनूठी उदार कला (लिबरल आर्ट्स) परंपराएं कैसे विकसित कर सकते हैं। यह एक बेहद गंभीर सवाल है और इसका जवाब एशियाई विश्वविद्यालयों को खुद ढूंढना होगा।

I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their own unique liberal arts traditions that are not simply the importation of a Western model. The question is a critical one and the answer must come from Asian universities themselves.

I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their own unique liberal arts traditions that are not simply the importation of a Western model. The question is a critical one and the answer must come from Asian universities themselves.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Education
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 94%

मुझे ज़्यादातर अमेरिकी फिल्में इसलिए परेशान करती हैं क्योंकि उनका तीसरा हिस्सा अक्सर सभी बिखरे तारों को समेटने, नैतिक मूल्यों की दुहाई देने और खलनायक को मारने में बीत जाता है। मुझे लगता है कि जितनी भी स्क्रिप्ट्स मैं पढ़ता हूँ, वे ज़्यादातर इसी दिशा में जाती हैं, और यह मुझे बहुत ज़्यादा निराश करता है। मैं चाहता हूँ कि कहानियों के अंत खुले छोड़ दिए जाएँ और वे कुछ ऐसे सवाल खड़े करें—या यहाँ तक कि कुछ ऐसी बातें कहें जो थोड़ी असहज करने वाली हों।

I find most American films annoy me because their third act tends to be tying up loose ends and returning to moral values and killing the monster. I think most of the scripts I read to tend to go in that direction and I find that very, very unsatisfying. I want the stories to have loose ends and to pose some questions - or even say things that aren't too comfortable.

I find most American films annoy me because their third act tends to be tying up loose ends and returning to moral values and killing the monster. I think most of the scripts I read to tend to go in that direction and I find that very, very unsatisfying. I want the stories to have loose ends and to pose some questions - or even say things that aren't too comfortable.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 94%

किसी भी सत्य का न होना, अनिवार्य रूप से एक सत्य बन जाता है: अस्तित्व, भाषा और संस्कृति को नाम देने का एक ऐसा तरीका जो विचारों की उन सीमाओं की रक्षा करता है जिन्हें उसने खुद प्रमाणित नहीं किया है।

The truth of no truths becomes, inevitably, truth: a way of naming being, language, and culture that guards the boundaries of thought against claims it has not validated.

The truth of no truths becomes, inevitably, truth: a way of naming being, language, and culture that guards the boundaries of thought against claims it has not validated.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Truth
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Philosophical 94%

सत्ता ही अनुभव है, होना ही perceived होना है, भले ही अच्छे पुराने बर्कले ने ऐसा कहा हो; लेकिन अधिकांश दार्शनिकों के अनुसार, वे गलत थे। फिर भी, स्पष्ट रूप से, ऐसी चीजें हैं जिनके लिए यह कहावत सच बैठती है। शुरुआत करने के लिए, संवेदनशीलता तो एक मामूली बात है। यदि चेतना के तत्वों—दर्द, गुदगुदी, गर्मी और ठंड के अहसास, रंगों की संवेदी अनुभूतियाँ, ध्वनियाँ, और इसी तरह की अन्य चीज़ें—का कोई अस्तित्व है, तो वह किसी विषय द्वारा अनुभव किए जाने में ही होना चाहिए... ज़ाहिर है, यह दर्शाता है कि ऐसे अनुभव, कम से कम भौतिक दुनिया के संबंध में, केवल एक उप-उत्पाद (एपिफेनोमेनल) हैं।

Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, said good old Berkeley; but, according to most philosophers, he was wrong. Yet, obviously, there are things for which the adage holds. Perception, trivially, to begin with. If elements of conscious awareness--pains, tickles, feelings of heat and cold, sensory qualia of colors, sounds, and the like--have any existence, it must consist in their being perceived by a subject.... This shows, of course, that such experiences are epiphenomenal, at least with respect to the physical world.

Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, said good old Berkeley; but, according to most philosophers, he was wrong. Yet, obviously, there are things for which the adage holds. Perception, trivially, to begin with. If elements of conscious awareness--pains, tickles, feelings of heat and cold, sensory qualia of colors, sounds, and the like--have any existence, it must consist in their being perceived by a subject.... This shows, of course, that such experiences are epiphenomenal, at least with respect to the physical world.

Topic Philosophy Philosophical Questions Knowledge & Learning
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Philosophical 93%

कला का प्रभाव दो (या अधिक) व्याख्या प्रणालियों के तत्वों के मेल और टकराव से पैदा होने वाले तनाव के कारण होता है। यह टकराव हमारी देखने या समझने की सहज आदत को तोड़ता है और कलाकृति के कई स्तरों पर एक साथ घटित होता है... कला के सभी स्तरों पर अर्थ समाहित हो सकते हैं।

Art's effect is due to the tension resulting from the clash of the collocation of elements of two (or more) systems of interpretation. This conflict has the function of breaking down automatism of perception and occurs simultaneously on the many levels of a work of art ... All levels may carry meaning.

Art's effect is due to the tension resulting from the clash of the collocation of elements of two (or more) systems of interpretation. This conflict has the function of breaking down automatism of perception and occurs simultaneously on the many levels of a work of art ... All levels may carry meaning.

Topic Art Aesthetics Creativity & Expression
Tone: Serious Sentiment: Neutral Type: Philosophical 93%

कहा जाता है कि प्रकृति में हमें इस बात का कोई उदाहरण नहीं मिलता कि किसी घटना के होने और उसके अस्तित्व में होने में क्या अंतर है, और दूसरी तरफ क्या होना चाहिए।

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between happens and is, on the one hand, and ought, on the other hand.

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between happens and is, on the one hand, and ought, on the other hand.

Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Philosophical 93%

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Precedent goes in support of justice

Precedent goes in support of justice

Tone: Serious Sentiment: Positive Type: Aphorism 92%

ऐसे कई पल आते हैं जब हम उस दुनिया को नहीं समझ पाते जिसमें हम रहते हैं—जब हम अपने ही जीवन, अपने दुख या अपनी खुशी को नहीं समझ पाते।

There are moments where we don't understand the world we live in - where we don't understand our own lives, our sadness or our joy.

There are moments where we don't understand the world we live in - where we don't understand our own lives, our sadness or our joy.

Topic Knowledge & Learning Understanding
Themes #Duality
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Reflection 92%

जब ईसाई धर्मशास्त्र केवल रूढ़िवादिता बनकर रह जाता है और लोग इसे एक जीवंत भाषा की तरह अपनाने और इस्तेमाल करने में असफल हो जाते हैं, तब यह धार्मिक आस्था में मदद करने के बजाय एक बाधा बन जाता है। शुरुआती दौर के महान धर्मगुरुओं और महान विद्वानों के लिए धर्मशास्त्र एक ऐसी भाषा था, जिसकी अतीत की अपनी व्याकरण और शब्दावली तो थी ही, लेकिन वे इसका इस्तेमाल अपने समय के पूरे ज्ञान और अनुभव को व्यक्त करने के लिए भी करते थे।

when Christian theology becomes traditionalism and men fail to hold and use it as they do a living language, it becomes an obstacle, not a help to religious conviction. To the greatest of the early Fathers and the great scholastics theology was a language which, like all language, had a grammar and a vocabulary from the past, but which they used to express all the knowledge and experience of their own time as well.

when Christian theology becomes traditionalism and men fail to hold and use it as they do a living language, it becomes an obstacle, not a help to religious conviction. To the greatest of the early Fathers and the great scholastics theology was a language which, like all language, had a grammar and a vocabulary from the past, but which they used to express all the knowledge and experience of their own time as well.

Topic Spirituality & Morality Religion
Tone: Wise Sentiment: Neutral Type: Reflection 92%
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