1 – To the cynic, nothing is profound.
2 – If life was without struggle, it would not be living.
3 – Ambition is the death of Reason.
4 – Reason is the death of Ambition.
5 – A benevolent oppressor is impossible. A charismatic oppressor is common.
6 – Suffering, like love, can be compared quantitatively and qualitatively. But the comparison of suffering never leads to good outcomes.
7 – Nihilism is an exercise in futility.
8 – Optimism is a mindset, pessimism is a learned behavior.
9 – A given thing is only objectively good until one is asked to prove it.
10 – The pursuit of understanding often prevents understanding.
11 – Ignorance can be mistaken for empathy. Simply because one does not know of a topic, does not mean that they agree with or support the thoughts of another.
12 – It is the obligation of the strong to defend the weak.
13 – Mercy is the ultimate display of power.
13 – The arrogant sees himself as world-changing, yet rarely does more than maintain the status quo.
14 – Some works are to be regarded as tools, others as art. The difference is the fervor of the audience.
15 – Abstraction leads not to understanding, it only leads to the abstract.
16 – Evil, to exist, must in some form be enjoyable. If it were not, nobody would partake in it.
17 – One who claims to be ruled by reason is in truth ruled by ego.
18 – In this age, one is less likely to find another that holds true principles. Instead, one will find many who hold true to morals of popular convenience.
19 – One who lives without morals is disgusted by one who stands for their morals.
20 – We are likely to deny that which we do not understand, even if it is the truth
21 – In this age, even the exchange of harmless, subjective opinions is treated like a political affair.
22 – Failure is as often the result of inaction as it is of incorrect action.
23 – Reason is a comfort, for reality is often unreasonable.
24 – Those who deny the existence of sin or evil oftentimes wish to perpetuate it.
25 – Holiness, as well as other virtues or aspirations, does not simply fall into the laps of idlers. It must be strived after at all times to be attained, and never abandoned once captured.
26 – The reductionist may think themselves intelligent, when they may only be thinking less.
27 – In the sight of the righteous, the lover of evil strives to make their vice appear as virtue.
28 – Evil is never found in moderation, it is either present or absent. The term “greater evil” is only ever used to justify another evil.
29 – No virtue, no matter how lofty, is great enough to outweigh vice. A virtuous man with vices is a vice-ridden man nonetheless.
30 – Reality, so far as it can be understood, is that which persists beyond perception. That is to say, reality is what exists in ante and post, as well as during the act of perceiving.
31 – If what is public is general, then what is private is particular.
32 – If truth is publicly viewed, then our interpretations of it are privately captured. The truth may be shown to all, but “all” is made up of individuals.
33 – So long as tastes and favors exist, there can never be objectively “bad art,” or “bad ideas,” only agreements leading to strong correlations of something being “bad.”
Athos Rex 