[The high-minded man] must care for truth more than for what men will think of him, and speak and act openly. He will not hesitate to say what he thinks. […] honour is what high-minded men are concerned with; for it is honour that great men claim and deserve. Aristotle
July 2024
December 2023
The December 8 trial: Food for thought
For everyone who is directly or indirectly involved in the December 8 trial or is interested in it and has an opinion about it, I offer this as food for thought. Read more ⟶
July 2023
One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again. [The more you study the past, the further you can see the future.] Thomas Sowell
May 2023
That which you most need will be found where you least want to look. Carl Jung (paraphrase)
Anarchy and chaos
The word ‘anarchy’ has its origins in the Ancient Greek word ‘anarchos’. ‘An’ means ‘without’ and ‘archos’ means ‘ruler’. So anarchy literally means “without ruler”. This can be compared to the word ‘monarchy’, which means “one ruler” (‘monos’ means ‘one’ or ‘alone’). Read more ⟶
December 2022
Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. Friedrich W. Nietzsche
August 2022
Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
July 2022
Anarchism is not a romantic fable but he hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. Edward Abbey
May 2022
The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim. Gustave Le Bon
December 2021
A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. Lysander Spooner
May 2021
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Frederick Douglas
March 2021
Het Universeel Recht op Leven
We kunnen speculeren over de oorsprong, de betekenis en het doel van het leven, maar wat we wel zeker weten is dat wij allen de kans hebben gekregen om op dit moment het leven te ervaren. En met ons, alle flora en fauna op onze planeet, van het microscopische tot het macroscopische — allemaal levende organismen, net als ons. Read more ⟶
February 2021
Why Plato used the dialogue form
Ever wonder why Plato chose to speak and write in the dialogue form? If so, you’re not alone. I’ve wondered that myself in the past while reading some of his work. And even back then it seemed to me that he was trying to somehow record some important knowledge, sometimes philosophical concepts and sometimes even (alternative) history, without getting into trouble. Read more ⟶
January 2021
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And if he is not romantic personally, he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are. H.L. Mencken
December 2020
Without leaving your home, you can understand the whole world. Without looking out the window, you can see the way of heaven. The further away you go, the less you understand yourself. That is why the wise man understands himself without traveling. He sees without looking. He accomplishes everything without doing anything. Lao Tse
November 2020
‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the world
A team from the University of Michigan published a study titled “Censored Planet: An Internet-wide, Longitudinal Censorship Observatory” where they look at censorship around the world. Things appear to be getting worse as mentioned: “What we see from our study is that no country is completely free,” said Ram Sundara Raman, U-M doctoral candidate in computer science and engineering and first author of the study. Read more ⟶
The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better. George Orwell, 1984
Sexual Suppression And Repression II: The Human Battery
We’ve seen in the first part of this series what the origin is of sexual suppression and repression among humans according to various sources available today. In this second part we’ll take a closer look at how the biological and social mechanisms behind sexual suppression and repression are implemented. Read more ⟶
October 2020
A conversation with John about Women, Sex, NOFAP and Relationships
I’ve been communicating with a young man from Belgium for a few weeks, and I thought it would be beneficial for other people around the world to publish some of our email correspondence here on my blog. I’m doing this with permission from him, and I’ve changed his name to ‘John’ so that he can remain anonymous. Our correspondence has been translated from Dutch to English by me. Read more ⟶
Nobody can give you freedom, nobody can give you equality or justice. If you are a man you take it. Malcolm X