(ANTHROPOS)
(HUMANISM)
Humanism is a philosophical belief that enhances the individual and social character and agency of human beings.
Humanity
(Anthropita)
1. The Oracle defines humanism as an ethical position espoused through the affirmation that human beings have the opportunity and ability to represent and sustain their lives by means of their ratiocination. It personifies the edification of a more humane society through ethics founded on human and naturalistic values with the facility of reason and zetetic methods of enquiry, through human capabilities and logic. It does not asseverate any theopneustic conceptualisations of reality, or ulterior dimensions that exceed our capacities.
2. Humanity is the quality or state of being human in the mortal and moral sense. It is defined and developed through our existence and representation. Without those pluralistic elements that explicate our relevance in the world as a vivendum, we are essentially irrelevant to the vast cosmos. Humanity does not require the imposition of dogmas or theories, except the establishment of a concurrent reality to base the inference of an inherent nature that is material and correlative with human nature.
3. It is the concrete basis for the structure of an embedded society, and humanity is the symbol that encompasses the knowledge that we ascribe to the notion of life. Without the importance of life, humanity is reduced to the proposition of a plausible existence or ubiquity.
4. Everything that is known to humans is either a result of a priori or a posteriori forms of knowledge that then accommodate our sense of comprehensibility and humanity. Humans obtain their source of information by way of experience or observation. These coherent forms of thinking do not necessarily require the inclusion of reliabilism or emergent materialism for the actuality or potentiality of the expansion of common knowledge.
5. When addressing the issue of humanity, it is significant that we do not omit the veritable essence that describes its genuine purpose, which is attached to our form of existence that is consciousness.
6. Socrates once said, "Be true to thine own self." It is the characteristic of sincerity that bears the ultimate truth of human relationships, because what is found within its profound meaning is the foundation of human nature.
7. There is nothing more evident about humanity than the semblance of our strife and amelioration in life, within the nucleus of sapient principles, and a confluence of rational supervenience aligned to an anthroposophy that guides us, with an ethical establishment.
8. It is important that we practise the one thing that defines our virtue in philosophy as human beings, which is called benevolence. To be humane is to be human. To be callous is to forget that one is human. We should not differ in the relevance of what it signifies to be humane and human. Each represents the totality of a person and of a common trait.
9. The tragedy about humanity is that in this vast world we currently live in, there are people suffering, dying, crying and begging, and others that are rejoicing, living, laughing and spending. Do people not see the terrible fate of their misfortune? Is their pain considered less relevant than the pleasure that others enjoy gladly and voluntarily?
10. There is a virtuous paradigm in human nature that makes us espouse the benefits and acquirement of wisdom. Whosoever attains the meaning of something will ultimately understand the relativity of its actual signification.
11. Thus, the only relative thing that should matter is the relativity that we apply to the rationality we utilise for common sense and knowledge. Cosmicity is the only type of universality that does not pertain to our anthropic relevance or law, because it governs without our existence. We exist in a physical world that has physical boundaries and metaphysical interpretations. Indeed, there must be universal order for all existential value to be essentially germane and inspiring to humanity.
12. To co-exist within the notion of plurality, we must function within the order of reason and logic. Philosophy is not intended to seek the procurement of external relevance, instead to establish sophic principles to adhere to a rudimentary guidance and rational thinking for internal acceptance. The absence of suffering is not the same as its presence. To admit the absence of suffering is to omit the fundamental nature of the truth.
13. Humanity is linked to the evolution of our survival and existence. We should not adhere to the feasibility of the anthropic principle, for solely our comprehensibility of life and the evolving universe, since we are capable of reasoning, using the induction of our minds and the implementation of our intuitive knowledge.
14. "Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him," said Aristotle. Essentially, man is his own agent and the agency that he should adhere to his ultimate guidance. It is his attainment of knowledge and wisdom that will define his persona in absolute.
15. Human beings have endured for innumerable centuries, with the utility of the mind to understand the broad world and its complexities. It is not a mere coincidence that we have evolved, as a dominant and intellectual species on the planet. We have adapted and learnt to expand our thoughts and exuperate our ideas, into an inveterate sagacity and crasis of sapience. What is extonious is that we have evolved with the advent of knowledge.
16. "The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases'', declared Epictetus. Within human beings, there are the common traits that we possess of good and evil. This is mostly known as agathokakological. We decide whether to manifest either of their deprehendable traits, as endeitic or nocivious. The exception to that analogy is a mind non compos mentis.
17. Human beings share much more in common with each other than imagined. The things that unite us are what compose our character and our idiosyncrasy. The maturity of our mind and the years that we exist provide us, with the ability to relate to others in a personal or private manner.
18. This commonality demonstrated is what describes the quintessence of humanity and our need to co-exist with others, through the expression of life experiences and thoughts developed. Humanism is a belief that allows us to rationalise and expound that belief with the principles of virtue, guidance, empathy and selfhood.
19. Our mental faculties are designed to assist us in the procurement of the explication about how things veraciously function in the world. Time is the one thing that measures our progress and allows us to expose our noetic capacity to cope, with the understanding of being human.
20. "Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others," declared Plato. What should be inferred from that statement is that human beings must never be content with the misery of others, or eschew the importance of what is just from being unjust.
21. There is a myriad of things that human beings presume to be righteous or irrefutable, when addressing the issue of human comportment. These things should not be assumed to be strictly moralistic or divine, when they are reflected by the nomos and physis that govern our actions and thoughts cohesively.
22. Within the heterogeneity of our communities, there is the emergent thought that prevails over the misology of Rhadamanthine doctrines, and that is that we are more inclined to relate with other people, when we utilise our minds freely and our less subservient to the imposition of the platitudes of religious dogmas.
23. It is not a question if religion is the antinomy of the due course of ratiocination or not, instead whether or not, we accept that as human beings we are not sequestered in our thought process and the utilisation of our mind. To expand one's own knowledge and horizons is not an inhibition, but more an exhibition of one's capability to comprehend the world and humanity beyond religion.
24. We cannot stay dormant or hindered, by the inability to not progress with our inductive or deductive thoughts that consolidate the fulfilment of our human evolution in their illation. The more that we excel, the more that we discover the compoundable elements that provide us with answers and enquiries that are apposite. The distinction between knowledge and instruction is demonstrated in the wisdom that we have obtained.
25. The Oracle ascribes to the constructive concept that we are conscious agents that dwell, within the realm of reality that is subject to our understanding, perception, observation and reasoning.
26. Humanity is predicated on the establishment of a social order and humanistic deonticity that are displayed in the sedulity of our noesis and principles that are conducive to an archetype that is quiddative or paramount to the structure that is commonly known as logic.
27. "Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details," said Heraclitus. If a man is to achieve the aim of enhancing his wisdom, he must first attempt to broaden his knowledge through the consecution of his observation and examination.
28. Humanity from its inception is destined to the interpretation of how we determine its fate and its relevance. There is no necessity to assume or presume about its divinity, when its natural process is maintained by the simplicity of logic.
29. There is a practice that is applicable to philosophy, and it teaches people to excogitate from the empirical actions that permit the mind to acquire a sententious corollary that reconciles the truth with our thoughts. Eo ipso, it is suitable with the postulation of our philosophemes.
30. The Oracle is intended to activate the conscious realm that transcends the normativity of our minds and the proclivity to sceptism. There is nothing that is abnormal about the idea of the pursuit of the truth and the manner in which we consider our humanity to be the basis for our way of living. To be sceptical about anything does not signify that we are more or less ignorant.
31. Whether it is through omniscience or not, human beings interpret meanings of ad hoc things, through the lens of their perceptions and adapt to the didascalic method of learning and comprehension that does not make them parviscient, but sceptical. The nature of the philosophical acumen for our scepticism is not incongruent to the function of the mind, or does it need to result in a differential aspect of an argument for its useful ratiocination.
32. The plight of humanity is not merely survival, but the attainment of knowledge and wisdom. There is nothing more conscious than the determination and conviction of one's own identity and discovery of the seity of the self.
33. The realisation of that affirmation allows us to adhere to the path of our enlightenment and the intrinsicality of our virtues. No person is more human than another in features, except only in the civility or decorum that is demonstrated in actions and deeds.
34. A person that is capable of understanding the essence of humanity is a person with the inspiration to instruct what is reasonable from unreasonable, what is right from wrong. Life is not the prosopopeia of extemporaneous mortality, it is the example of our existence.
35. Plato stated, "The measure of a man is what he does with power." To Plato, what a man does with his actions outweighs the mere expression of his words. In philosophy, it must be denoted that wasted knowledge remains ordinary and banausic. It is the knowledge that is transmitted to others that converts that knowledge into the basis of any sound sapience.
36. In the polemic for the rationality for philosophy and its entelechy, it is necessary that humanity not ignore the kalokagathic principles that are regarded as exoteric and meaningful.
37. The Oracle professes no divinity for humanity, it simply is to be construed as the pursuit for the state of enlightenment and ataraxia that is meant to fulfill our lives and offer us a way of thinking and contemplation.
38. Humans were never meant to be the sole proprietors of the Earth as the omphalos, nevertheless they have thus instinctively inherited the responsibility of the provident nature of its inhabitants. We must not forget that we are a form of the world.
39. As humans, we must learn to differentiate the necessity of something from the solicitude of nothing. The exposition of that distinction has an antecedence in our evolution and the universality of our thoughts. We should not be consumed with the consideration that we are superior than others, when we have created this notion of superiority that has no bearing, except the significance we attach to its preponderation.
40. Aristotle had stated that, "The ideal man bears accident of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. He is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself," In other words, Aristotle had espoused to the belief that man is capable of controlling the course of his life knowingly, if and when he is inculcated with the quantified knowledge that he has acquired.
41. How we decide to define what makes us human is the perception that we construct in the edification of its worth and reward. As human beings, we have the ability to learn from each other and understand the intricacies of our human nature. Epictetus once said, "First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do."
42. We acquire or develop the simplicities of life and the meaning of self-reliance and self-acceptance. This is how we relate to the general concepts of philosophy and their guidance. The evolution of man is not contingent to the perception of his origin.
43. Without purpose, the utilisation of philosophy is rendered incomplete and futile. There is a probability that our cognisance will exhibit the traits of the sophrosyne, but until we have fully enabled our minds to comprehend its relevancy, we are uncertain of its implementation.
44. Humanity is not a mere connotation that we ascribe to our being. It is conceptualised in distinctive forms and applications, yet it is represented by the totality of our duration and actions.
45. History is the prime example of how humanity has progressed and regressed at the same time. It is not for humans to dictate the course of history, but to record it and attempt to establish its germaneness in the chronological annals of time.
46. Within the notion of humanity, there are genuine lessons to be learnt and ideas to be effectuated. Philosophical awareness and awakening permits us to acknowledge the veridical haeccity of humanity.
47. Without the common characteristics of good or bad that we display, human beings would be nullified by their emotions and thoughts. Thus, reduced to the primal factors of instinct and intuition.
48. Philosophy agrees with the conception that within every human, there is eudaimon and kakodaimon, which essentially means, a good conscience and a bad conscience. Rational thinking is a guiding principle of philosophy. It is the ageinon.
49. The emergence of our conscience, perhaps entices our jorexis or need to know, but it does not replace the logical structure of philosophy, or it is minacious to its fundamentals established.
50. Plato once stated that an individual is just, when each part of his or her self performs its functions, without interfering with those of other elements. As an exponent and follower of the philosophy of the Oracle, I concur with that analogy, and surmise that we should all strive to be just and better individuals in society. We should not allow our differences to become the centre of our discourse.
51. Humans possess the quality of koinelogic or common sense. This is something that is not innate, but acquired through the diligence of our mental faculties and facilities to apply knowledge and wisdom when necessary.
52. As a species, we have learnt the significance and meaning of life, and how it corresponds to our mortal existence. What we doubt, we simply ignore, and what we construe, we simply create. Ergo, what is relevant in this statement is that we tend to be less content with what we don't have than what we already have.
53. Materialistic profits or rewards are only temporary things that enhance the perception that they are valuable. They can never replace the meaningful relevancy of the true joys of what we cherish in life and what we deem to be perdurable.
54. Humanity is not forsaken, it is continuing to be reborn in the concepts of philosophy and reasonable thinking. There is so much about being human that we either ignore or fail to realise. Nothing about philosophy is intended to obfuscate the mind. Its purpose is to enlighten the consciousness of every human being. Thus, it can only provide knowledge, not extract wisdom.
55. When we demonstrate our humanity, we are conscious about the realm of our existence and others. What this implies is that we begin to discover the true nature of our human nature. As human beings, we are constantly evolving in our uninhibited thoughts and ideas. In order to understand ourselves, we must first discover, who we are in essence.
56. From that moment, we ascertain the reliable belief that as humans, we have the ability to progress and personify in a synanthropic sense, the core of our philosophical teachings and instructions.
57. We are first learners, before we are teachers. Humanity teaches us that we are capable of displaying the elemental traits that we reflect through our education. It is not an education that we gain by mere study, but by experience as well.
58. The world is not only the aesthetic reflection of a mirage or vision that we create or project, it is the construct of ideas and values we ascribe to its meaning and establishment. Creation is the universal function of humanity that binds us in the mystery that is life and death, yet the circumference of that mystery remains unattainable. That is the crux of the mystery.
59. Human possess attributes or qualities that represent our character or persona. What we define ourselves as is what ultimately embodies our inner self and identity. Thus our definitions can be multivalent, but they do not define the quintessence of who we are profoundly in thoughts and in emotions inter alia.
60. As humans, we should never rely or be dependent on others for our rationalisation, when we are able to think and cogitate for ourselves. We must convince ourselves that we have the capability to understand the signification about the world we live in and the people that we co-exist with in our daily lives.
61. This manner of thinking permits our minds to strive for the betterment of humanity and the betterment of our societies. To be cognisant of that feasibility is to be cognisant of the veracity of our world and its horizons.
62. At times, we lose the viable relation and worth that connects us to our humanity, when we are distracted by the facile temptations of avidity and opulence. "It is not things that trouble us, but our judgements about things", said Epictetus. In essence, we are at times concerned with the prevailing thought of what others think about us than what we think about ourselves.
63. How we treat each other as humans, will ultimately be reflected by our actions and deeds. No one can assume to bear the burden of another person, just as no one can live the life for another person. We can assume conviction, but we cannot asseverate the truth, without experimenting that burden.
64. Humanity is not for the world to exemplify or extol the virtues of men and women, it is for men and women to adhere to the virtues that they have acquired or been bestowed with by their benefactors. To be human in the basic sense is to acknowledge one's mortality and to express one's humanity. How do we equate with an equal measure of respect, the people that oppress our voices that are our so-called leaders and the causes that we strive for in the form of justice?
65. I can be a man with no material wealth, and be considered poor, yet I can be a man with the wealth of knowledge and be enriched, with the plethora of ideas and concepts of philosophy that enlighten my mind steadfastly. To those that see only a poor man, they will never see the richness of that poor man's knowledge develop into its fruition.
66. The Oracle is not the presumption to divine laws or scientific theories. Its instrumental purpose is to serve as the firm basis to conscious thinking and the amplification of a comprehensive realisation.
67. Without the application of thought and the usage of the mind, we can only presume to be knowledgeable and precocious in our creativity and intellect. Ipso facto, what we believe to be knowledge can actually be more aligned to pretension. It is through our experiences that we distinguish what is right from wrong morally and logically.
68. There are things that are invariable, as they are things that are variable. There are concepts that are antiquated, as they are concepts that are neoteric. From within this application of philosophy, there is a purpose that is purported to be the noematic part of the process of our evolution. It is the evolution, within our humanity that describes the quiddity of our noesis.
69. What is incompossible with philosophy is the idea that philosophy cannot be a way of guidance or instruction in comparison to religion. It does not pertain to the dogmas of religion or does it necessitate its intervention. Philosophy is a sound belief that transcends supernatural occurrences or mundane thoughts of platitude.
70. Humans often are reluctant to change in their inflexible views and beliefs, and they seldom adhibit themselves the opportunity to be imbued with facundity and dianoetic gnosis that stray from their original perceptions and teachings.
71. How we perceive things in this world, will be how others will perceive us. Eo ipso, it is important that we understand the value of that precise meaning and what it entails in its consectaneous occurrence.
72. "Humans beings now and when they began to do philosophy did so because of their sense of wonder," said Aristotle. We are by nature inquisitive beings. What is expository about humanity is the one thing that is apodictic, and that is the maxims of logos and ethos that are ascribed to their zeteticism and practice.
73. By exposing ourselves to the philosophy of the Oracle, we are not indulging our minds in the simplicities of life nor its dedition, instead to the importance of its contributions and relevancy.
74. The cause of the philosopher is to teach and to learn. That cause is exponible in its deduction and induction. Thus, it is viable in its constatation. Socrates was a man of enquiry and his maieutic method was a paradigm of thinking and reasoning, not of dilogical prevarication.
75. We could apply dialetics to our form of erotetic expression and habitual conduct, and surmise that any doxa on the matter would conclude in the plausibility of an established elenchus that is conducive to the discourse of philosophy.
76. Humanity is indicative of the transitiveness of time and the transumption of our history. Within the notion of time and history, we infer about the good and bad that is associated to humans.
77. The complexity of the world is attached to the assumed complexity of humanity. It is not for the world to comprehend humanity, but for humanity to comprehend the world. To better realise the value of ethics, we should first learn the true meaning of humanity. By acknowledging the structure of our sophrosyne, it allows us to make sense of difficult issues related to our actions and behaviour that we could cope with in our deliberations.
78. If there was one basal thing that could be acknowledged as fundamental in humanity that would be the element of the mind. Without the mind, we would lack the conscience, and be reduced to nomological inverities.
79. Philosophers have learnt through the passage of centuries that essentially without truth and enquiry, humans would be erroneous and incoherent in rationalising their principal arguments.
80. Once more, we must not forget that to be human, we must be humane. To be wiser, we must first be knowledgeable. This is how we relate in the practical sense with each other and within the structure of logic. To be sceptical is to be human, but to understand the essence of something, we must first become knowledgeable and conscious of that essence.
81. Suffering and pain form an intrinsic part of our humanity, as does happiness and good fortune form an aesthetic part of our reality. Man's stupidity is defined in the vulnerability of his humanity rather than his lack of knowledge and wisdom.
82. When we fully understand the gravity of our world, then we situate ourselves in the completion of its needs and its sheltering. The world is not given to us on a tray; instead, it is shaped in the manner in which we develop those ideas and thoughts.
83. Humans are accustomed to a measure of rhetoric and scepticism. It is not uncommon to question or doubt the relevance of anything substantial. The emphasis of that telic desire is to determine the truths that are not sublime in divinity, but instead in the development that does not deprave humanity of the fundamentals of the discovery of knowledge.
84. What is meaningful is the transformation of our thinking from the belief of the self to the belief of the plurality of others who seek to define their lives with the plerophory of philosophy. We achieve this meaning through philanthropy. It is better to serve others in need than to serve only our own needs.
85. When we ask more in our lives, we often abate with less. Thus, why ask for more, when we are not even inclined to offer more to others? This is the genuine conundrum that every individual bears the burden of its responsibility, regardless of the fruition of one's selfhood.
86. To be a great thinker, that person must first confront the essence of humanity. It is facile to presume that a person is greater than another by the comparative notion of materiality and status. Those persons that strive for those things and lack compassion are rewarded by societal prominence bestowed upon them errantly.
87. The principles of humanity are forever linked to the capacity of our implementation of their usage and purpose. People have become more mechanical in their minds, actions, instincts, and thoughts that they have forsaken the most necessary demonstration of humanity: consciousness.
88. The substance that we determine to be reliable and vital in philosophy is that which governs our mind with reason rather than the dictates of our own judgement of imposition. One of the most despicable acts of humanity is to profit from the misery and misfortune of others.
89. Humanity is not meant to govern the will of the minority, but the majority of whom are reflected in the essence of that humanity rather than the propensity for the minority. It is just when the voice of the minority becomes one with the voice of the majority.
90. The Oracle is not a philosophy to be revered for its ingenuity, or transcribed for its usage of language. It is meant to be construed as a guiding instrument of reason and logic. The ethical proposition of the theorem of humanism is not predicated on the inverity of theism, but its rejection as a secular argument. We can either agree with rationalism and empiricism or accept the dogma and supernatural occurrences of theism.
91. What is necessary to convey is the genuine function that the advent of philosophy embodies in humanity, and how it corresponds to the benefit of the mind, the body, and self. If we do not understand the nature of humanity and ignore the qualities that make us human, then humanity is futile. Humanity is not what is destroyed, but what is built.
92. When we contemplate the basis and structure for our mode of thought, we are either selfish with our actions or compassionate with our mercy. In essence, this is what magnifies our humanity.
93. Our benevolence as human beings supersedes our malevolence, but it must be stated that the world that we are a part of its creation is destined to the notion of human intervention rather than a celestial creator.
94. Humanity must be one with its creation and aware of its creation. We as humans are the keepers of time and the evolutionary process of that creation. By admitting and expressing our fallibility, we are asseverating our humanity. If we did not avow this admission, we would be exposing our inhumanity.
95. Thus, when we forget that we are the actual keepers, then any sign of humanity is diminished in that capacity and resolution. There is some form of value to everything in this world I think. The question is what value do people place on something that is considered worthy enough? Liberty is the principle that human beings are afforded as a right, but that principle would be pointless if it did not have a voice to adhere to it.
96. The merits of our actions outweigh the demerits when they are acknowledged through the acts of our virtues and volition, then they are considered just. Philosophy represents the universal quiddity of the ampliative elements of humanity. To ultracrepidate is the amissibility of genuine knowledge.
97. Philosophy does not need to justify humanity per se; it merely demonstrates the purpose for its relevancy and function. It is not sufficient that we humans exist and co-exist. For that would only imply that we are the consequence of creation, not the creators.
98. The question that I ask is what purpose in the commonality of humanity is greater than the aretaic quality and eximiety of virtue and affiduity? For humanity, what is its plight without a voice? What is its voice without a reason? What is its reason without a purpose? What is its purpose without a cause?
99. In the end, humanity is a quantum of the universe, and we are the inspiration for one another and the cause for our brethren. Whether man was destined to rule the world will be determined by the probability of man to be the supreme ruler and survivor of the planet. The universe is indifferent to our survival as a species.
100. In order to realise the meaningful purpose and function of our dynamic world as brethren, people should regard the value of humanity and the application of our consciousness as the method of achieving that objective with compassion and effectiveness. It is the masses of the people that are rendered to the sui generis effects of a system that is called society.
Society
(Koinonia)
1. The Oracle defines society as a system structured among human beings, designed to relate them to the mores and laws established.
2. Its conception is widely utilised as the foundation of genuine beliefs and knowledge. Videlicet, society is the prime example of human rational thinking and sagacity.
3. Its configuration permits the realisation of a certain pattern of thought conducive to logos and ethos. From among the world of mortal men, there are a select few born with the impeccable acumen of intellectual insight and the scibility of philosophical principles.
4. How we describe society is based on what we perceive to be congruent, and on the consilience of various elements of thought and instruction that construct its configuration.
5. Socrates said, "Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance. We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all we know. When we first start facing truth, the process may be frightening, and many people run back to their old lives. But if you continue to seek truth, you will eventually be able to handle it better. In fact, you want more! It's true that many people around you now may think you are strange or even a danger to society, but you don't care. Once you've tasted the truth, you won't ever want to go back to being ignorant."
6. Within the fundamental structures of society, there exist reasons and truths that define our thoughts and are compatible with the concept of society. Reasons are measured by logic, and truths by reasoning. For many thinkers and believers, truths are measured by either faith or reason alone.
7. It is significant that we comprehend the meaning of society. "To move the world, we must move ourselves," said Socrates. What is meant by those emphatic words is that, in order to progress, one must become conscious of what is worthy and what is not.
8. Society provides people with the ability to conform or to innovate. What matters is our understanding of it and our ability to transcend it. It is meant to be a path of unity and co-existence rather than an exhibition of ego and an obsession with desire. One must recognise that wisdom is not innate nor acquired without the fulfilment of knowledge.
9. Society is regarded as a representation of human values and ethics. Within each of us lies a uniqueness in traits and a determination in purpose that binds us to the emerging ideals of society.
10. There is a fountain of sagacity in society, from which we may drink alongside others. Yet this act does not in itself endow one with wisdom. It merely begins the process of understanding the value and purpose of society.
11. We must remember that strife is a plight with a cause, and a reason with a purpose. To strive for the betterment of the many is more worthy in altruism than striving for the few. We may choose to be people of avidity or people of conviction.
12. It is philanthropy, not misanthropy, that is the mechanism of a viable society, wherein the value of others surpasses the value of the self. There exists a distinction between the oppressed and the oppressor. The voice of the oppressed speaks the truths of the oppressor. Epictetus said, "We are disturbed not by things, but by the views which we take of them."
13. Plato stated that an individual is just when each part of his or her inner self performs its functions without interfering with the others. For a society to function and be potent enough to sustain itself, it must have a purpose and meaning by which it may be substantiated and made enduring.
14. To rise up against vile tyranny and evoke the passion of just equality is the beginning of a lasting union of brethren and community. This union, in time, gives rise to a society that is just and equal for all.
15. A wise man is far better than a presumptuous man, for a wise man was once ignorant, whereas the presumptuous man will always remain an ignoramus. Society, in contrast, offers insight into different modes of thinking and the pitfalls of irrational thought.
16. Within the notion of society, there lies an emphasis on superficial impression rather than the authenticity of reality. Videlicet, we often impose our will upon others, all while forgetting to be humane and just towards those who dissent from our views and beliefs.
17. Society is supposed to be a structured selection of community, yet there are times when what we construct about society does not align with how we construe its optimal function. A reason does not justify a belief—it merely offers a supposed purpose for it. Truth is never wholly justified by reason alone.
18. What we fear is not always what we doubt, and what we seek is not always what we discover. The responsibility of society is not to itself, but to the people it represents in their entirety.
19. We cannot return to the past nor change the outcome of a future that has not yet occurred. We can only construct from the past and learn for the future. It is the present that we can control and shape. If it were merely a matter of man creating his own utopia through the power of his mind, then that utopia would be a plausible reality for all reasonable people. Unfortunately, such a notion would require compliance with a prevailing and universal doctrine, not imposed by the order of the mind, but by the reality of the world.
20. In society, there are many who walk behind their shadow unwillingly, and others who lose themselves within it. It is society’s role to teach and impart the value and validity of community. Epictetus said, "When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failures."
21. A person's tribulation is measured by the wisdom of words and deeds, not by the blind path of their mistakes. The one who toils in their errors must first learn the lesson of their mistakes to understand their impact.
22. Socrates believed that philosophy should achieve practical results for the greater well-being of society. He sought to establish an ethical system based on human reason rather than theological doctrine. Socrates maintained that human choices are driven by the desire for happiness. Ultimate wisdom comes from knowing oneself.
23. It is relevant to acknowledge that ethics and logos are integral to society, particularly when they are respected and upheld. We must not permit that the individual of great stature and status becomes the ultimate voice of society, while the one who bears the stigma of persona non grata is silenced.
24. When we are beholden to our visions and committed to their fulfilment, we enable ordinary people to become conscious of the society they inhabit. Each person must choose a path that defines them—either to be somebody or remain a nobody.
25. Be not what the world perceives of you, but what the world ought to know as truly representative of you. If society is a rational social construct, then it is we, the humans, who must think rationally. From one virgin thought, an entire society can be edified.
26. To admit to conformity is to deny the right to non-conformity. It is within this space that people become contemplative and creative. This is the philosophy of self-awareness and self-acceptance.
27. To accept your imperfections is natural. To assume perfection is unnatural. Acknowledging the most humane thing about yourself means accepting that you are a flawed being.
28. A world fashioned by man is one filled with contradictions and erroneous histories that have doomed past societies. A man must question his pride and determine what defines his persona and legacy. He either triumphs as victor or fails as the defeated. To suffer is often the only reality known by most in this world and society.
29. We live in a homogeneous society that evolves over time. We must therefore remain conscious that our societies are variables and our relationship with other humans forms the hyparxis of humanity. Are we merely products of social conformity or change, shaped by shifting patterns of behaviour and choices? If so, what does this reveal about the evolution of human intellect and maturity?
30. In society, people must accept who they are and who they are not. It is better to be remembered for what one has accomplished than for what one failed to achieve. Human rights and freedoms, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law cannot function properly if people are subjected to the persistent dominance of corrupted religion, government, and economic enslavement.
31. Few will ever fully understand the reason for their birth or the inevitability of their death, save for the intrinsic truth that they are born and must one day die. If we consider that society is created and then destroyed, what emerges is the voice of the majority.
32. Man is first a foe to himself before he can be a friend to others. Destiny is an uncontrollable force, while providence is foresight that guides. "What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do," said Aristotle.
33. No one in society is entitled to anything, not even life. One must earn its broader understanding and work to attain its rewards. A nation is defined by the just clamour of the people, not the false glory of politicians. To bow to classism is to become a wayward phylarchy.
34. In society, there are individuals who toil daily, yet never know the wealth of the minority. A person poor in material wealth may be rich in wisdom and knowledge. To be overly proud is a vice, not a virtue.
35. The senseless classism in society must be eradicated. No person should be subjected to the selfish whims of oppressors. There are meaningful causes to champion and plights to engage with. Yet every cause and plight must be as authentic as the reason it claims.
36. "To be or not to be" is the proverbial question posed by many. But why do we continue seeking answers in society when we cannot discern their relevance? The ‘what if’ of something means little if we do not understand the ‘why’ of our existence.
37. Ergo, reason is the wisdom of the thinking person, while reasons are the excuses of the ignorant. Society is riddled with such disparities of minds and individuals, many of whom indulge in meaningless oration.
38. There is a philosophy each person should aspire to: to become all they can be to themselves and to others. From a multitude of nascent aspirations arise powerful inspirations.
39. In society, it is often the case that the guilty accept no guilt, while the honest accept their humanity. It is not for society to reward the innocent out of guilt's presumption; rather, society must be conscious of what guilt and innocence truly signify.
40. Evil is inherently good at being evil, while good is instinctively poor at being evil. The goodness we possess is fundamental to society and its moral application.
41. Therefore, we must be charitable and conscious of the people who live among us. As humans, we must never forget that we all derive from the same seed and blossom from that origin.
42. The Oracle offers us a philosophy that teaches the prioritisation of the needs of the many over the whims of the privileged few. Society must be cohesive, without glory or perversion, serving all who are part of its fabric.
43. We should not pity the poor merely for their poverty; we should pity the rich, for no amount of money can enrich a heart in humility. Their blind fervour for wealth may lead only to ominous self-destruction.
44. Time and the simplicity of life bind us together in society. We are given just one life that is universal and finite. From that, we must draw the inspiration to achieve or to fail.
45. What is fundamental to society is the understanding of the kindred principles of community and their necessity. Learning to be viscerotonic is learning to respect one another.
46. We can choose to live within the structure of society or retreat into solitary isolation. Living among others does not guarantee society’s benefits surpass those of personal autonomy; it merely presents an option.
47. Some societies are corrupted by ill will and duplicity. Such societies resemble oligarchies and tyrannies more than democracies. Yet democracy itself is not a guarantee of success or righteousness.
48. Over time, society manifests in many concepts, whether simple or complex. What matters is that we determine its structure and governance. We must not appoint leaders based solely on status or rank. Society needs true leaders, not rulers who ignore the equal voice of the people.
49. It is crucial to learn from the past and construct societies that are intellectually sound and passionately principled. "Good people do not need laws to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws," said Plato.
50. We cannot afford to be amathic in our philautia. We must be philanthropic and mindful of the less fortunate. Humility is a greater expression of humanity and awareness than the utinams of materialism.
51. The greatest achievement in society is the compassion we show to the meek and the poor. We must not shun the less fortunate whilst claiming moral integrity. We are duty-bound to remember our fellow humans with solemnity and respect.
52. It is not for the powerful to impose upon the powerless. Society was never intended to serve only the empowered or the intellectual elite, but all people who give it voice and purpose. I would rather live in a society of free thinkers than a society of imposed minds. A society of good rather than evil. However, I am cognisant of the fact that there is no perfect society, and it must be altered when it no longer serves the purpose of its function to the people and for the people.
53. No one is beyond the measure of reproach, just as no one is beyond the measure of accolades. Society cannot be the end to all injustices, just as it cannot be the beginning of justice. It is the cogent expression of the will of the masses.
54. If we linked the will of the people with the rights of the people, we would discover that the will and rights of each individual would be personified by the sole determination of the volition of the people to exist and to be heard.
55. This would imply that the most basic necessity of all societies is to have a stable relationship and comprehensibility with those who are their demonstrative beholders.
56. How could humanity aspire to function within its perimeters without the aspirations of philosophy? The world would be a better place, and our society a better haven for rational minds, if we accepted that time is measured by the continual passage of days and the fragile life of mortality that defines our impermanence.
57. Philosophy is the edification of our learning and teaching. Its effects upon society have been lasting and instructive. For centuries, it has given society the innovation of intuitive thinkers and progressive ideas that have led to the formation and creation of our Western societies.
58. It is the sagacious inculcation of philosophy that has defined the ethics and logic of established societies that profess knowledge and wisdom, and societies that have endured the good and the bad of their presumed rise and fall.
59. Democracies are not in themselves the absolute answer for society, but they do offer, through the opinion of the majority or the minority, the governance of a society. We must not be complacent with democracy, for it can be corrupted. Aristotle said, "The real difference between democracy and oligarchy is poverty and wealth. Wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be few or many, that is an oligarchy; and where the poor rule, that is a democracy." Thus, we cannot assume democracy is the only recourse for society.
60. The vile corruption of society is not the fault of philosophy but of the corrupters who have misled through their actions, whether via philosophy, societal systems, or religion. They are to be blamed for its corruption.
61. To advocate a secular society is neither nocuous nor illogical. It is far more prudent to speak of wisdom through philosophy than through religion. Philosophy is not restricted by the dogmas of religion; instead, it is conducive to the consciousness of the mind.
62. Minds such as Thales, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, inter alia, have left permanent remnants of their teachings and thinking that are revered and inspiring. Through the centuries, their teachings have respectfully endured.
63. Society represents the pattern of thought and ideas that are mostly the mirror reflection of what we devise and what we create. We are not entitled to anything by society, but only to what we merit and have earned by our actions and deeds.
64. Building a society is as vital as ensuring its survival. Without people, a society will eventually crumble and cease to function. How we treat each other will depend on the principles we inspire and practise those fundamental principles.
65. The confluence of thoughts that shape society is visibly seen in the influence of the modern thinker. It is the modern thinker who is always ruminating on the next idea, and a rational thinker who is always expressing a solution to that idea.
66. Equilibrium is necessary for the stability of a society. In our colluctation to progress, we are searching for the probity and dignity that we seldom find outside of philosophy.
67. It is philosophy that bestows upon us the faculty of understanding insoluble questions that seem inscrutable or involute in their answers. If human beings did not possess a sound structure of rational thinking, then any proposition would become a conflated argument of endless aporias and metabases.
68. The Oracle provides us with the utility and knowledge to reconcile the truth, along with the ability to learn from the inception of our cogitation. The intricacies of society’s intrinsic matters could be resolved if people were more reasonable and knowledgeable.
69. What is significant is that we realise that being a member of a society does not guarantee its rewards. It merely offers us the simplicity of belonging. What we do within that society depends on what we desire and need from it.
70. The valuable things we construct within society tend to endow us with prescience and sentience; qualities to which we should adhere in both their practice and function.
71. The profluence we ascertain in life does not make us more superior than others. Superiority is not the measure of success in philosophy. Rather, it is the postulation of consciousness that makes things more knowable to us and gives us the adhibition of logic through experience and knowledge.
72. When we search for the things we question, we are seeking answers to what we do not yet know, or attempting to facilitate our peirastic process, upon which we depend.
73. Within society, there exist fascinating ideas that are antinomic or abstract, with no real value except as visionary concepts. Society must be based on realistic propositions that can be maintained and employed.
74. The intrinsic nature of a society aligns with the hypoleptical notion of a philosophy that is epagogic through logic and alethic in nature, and plerophoric with its knowledge.
75. From the early days of paideia, there has been a continuation of superb philosophers who have rightly espoused their schematic principles of a proper and just society.
76. To what extent do trust and deliberation form part of the concatenation of reason and logic? What kind of society would prevail without reason and logic? Religion makes no sacrifice, except unto its own doctrines. What, then, are we to learn from these doctrines that place faith and miracles above reason and logic?
77. A man with faith will never dare question his belief. Thus, he remains limited in knowledge. But a man with philosophy will. He dares to venture where the religious man dares not. It was men of philosophy who created the society that first gave us democracy.
78. Once more, a society of free thinkers is far more advanced than a society of narrow-minded zealots who advocate strict dogmas over just ideas. When I observe today's society, I see materialism in its purest form of capitalism.
79. A society devoid of free thinkers is a dead society, doomed to the perils of failure and vengeance. All aspiring peoples have the inalienable right to manifest and choose to be independent and free nations among the determined nations of liberty.
80. Wars and conflicts have haunted past societies and plague the present ones embroiled in the savagery of men. For this reason, men forget their humanity and forsake society. Patriotism is the grandeur of the politicians and the blind faith of the populace. The tragedy of mankind is not war itself, but the destructive repetition of its use.
81. There are few constants in society, and those that are protean are found in societies that advance and prosper. Unfortunately, in our society, two deleterious elements control our habits: unnecessary vices and rancour.
82. The question is not whether one society is better than another, but whether a society can fully adapt to the needs of another and be reasonable. Power can never belong to a single man, for no man on Earth is entitled to the supreme appellation of an absolute god.
83. When philosophy governs man, it renders society more knowledgeable and wiser, not due to his persona, but through the acquisition of learning. Such a man tends to leave behind a society enriched with exposition and clarification of thought.
84. When we utilise the concepts of ethos and logos, we are embracing the belief that those in society who follow these elements of philosophy bear a consciousness of justice and temperance.
85. We have learnt that societies with consuetudes and reverence for other denizens are more conducive to philosophical principles than monarchies or plutarchies. A utopian society is no better than a dystopian one if it is based on falsehoods or mere suffering.
86. Suffering is common among people in society, but it must not be the defining trait. Society must represent the less fortunate but never forsake its representation of all its members. Why grant power, privilege, and wealth to tyrants who serve only to be worshipped?
87. For a society to prosper, it must act on the ideas that build it, not those that doom it. We are born with the actuality of knowing, and through our experiences, we gain potentiality. However, to be a knower does not mean we possess knowledge. It merely defines our capacity, not our substance.
88. When society no longer functions at full capacity, it becomes a face of corruption and deviation. One does not need to be Greek to understand the philosophy of Thales, Zeno, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, or the Stoics. One only needs to grasp the core of their philosophy.
89. Society is not conditioned by gender, race, or nationality. It is the embodiment of humanity in all its aspects and broad representation. Within the world’s commonality, there exist elements that retain the universality and uniformity of intelligible essence.
90. A society of the selected few is not the same as a society of the justified many. The plurality of our governments and societies must always be rooted in secularism and free thinking, not in obsolete religious dogmas. Why require religious interposition when ethics and logic can guide us in this new age?
91. What will be left of society for posterity depends on how that society develops through its arduous processes. We cannot remain anthropocentric indefinitely; we must evolve both as a society and as a species. Aristotle claimed that even written laws ought not to remain unaltered if society demands change.
92. Philosophical discourse is at the nucleus of society. It is the foundation of logic and ethics upon which societies establish and emulate their virtues. Words are meaningless without active voice, weight, and purpose in self-expression and autexousious optimality.
93. Socrates believed that wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth. Those words remind us that imbonity achieves only the material, not what is good for our civility and self.
94. Aristotle believed society cannot justify its existence without the virtues of its members. Otherwise, society will face the just clamour of civic dissatisfaction.
95. Class and status alone do not merit reverence. As Aristotle said, "Every community is an association of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good; for everyone always acts in order to obtain that which they think good."
96. Society must represent philosophical tenets but not be foolish in their pursuit. No man or woman is above fair judgement simply due to rank or status. There is no place for the pompous to impose their will upon others. Injustice stems from society’s ignorance toward the plight of the less fortunate and forgotten.
97. A true and just society treats all members with respect and equality. When ruled by oligarchs, monarchs, or plutarchs, it is doomed from the outset. True justice must reflect evidence, not speculation. Justice, I believe, is more suitable for those wronged than for those who only wield it.
98. Societies are not destined to be governed, they are governed by us. A republic cannot stand without the people, nor be ruled by oligarchs. It must be guided by a constitution that upholds conviction, governance and authority.
99. Societies are not meant to be overthrown. What must be challenged and, at times, dismantled are governments, monarchies, dictatorships, and similar regimes when they act in defiance of justice. It is the character and conduct of rulers that we must scrutinise, not the collective fate of the people. We must not take justice into our own hands by imposing our will upon those who are neither willing nor awakened to the cause. When a society is built solely upon class, privilege, and power, it becomes corrupt and unjust, serving only its own greed. In such times, we must not descend into chaos, but rise with clarity. True change comes not through force, but through unity. We must coalesce with the need to transform and to do so, we must unite under a common banner of reason, virtue, and justice.
100. Society needs more of the virtues found in men and women who place the needs of others before their own, who act not out of self-interest, but out of conscience. It needs a morality rooted not in religion, but in philosophy. The guiding principles of democracy do not belong to a chosen elite or to the illusion of divine entitlement. For society to be just and enduring, it must be led by those who embody virtue and who govern with moral clarity. Without such foundations, democracy becomes mere pretense, and society fractures beneath the weight of its own injustice.