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Philosophy is prose, not poetry.Their words
Philosophy is not poetry, but prose.
Kieran Setiya
British-born philosopher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on ethics and the philosophy of mind; author of Midlife (2017) and Life Is Hard (2022); hosts the podcast Five Questions.
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Philosophy is prose, not poetry.
Philosophy is not poetry, but prose.
ksetiya.substack.comSaid 27 Dec 2025This on korrents
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Thinking of yourself as art's medium rather than its source frees you from the inhibition of art as self-expression.
One of Johnstone’s most profound ideas, I think, is that we are inhibited by the idea of art as “self-expression”—and that we can disinhibit ourselves by thinking of ourselves as its medium, not its source.
ksetiya.substack.comSaid 13 Dec 2025This on korrents
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Thinking of yourself as art's medium rather than its source frees you from the inhibition of art as self-expression.Their words
One of Johnstone’s most profound ideas, I think, is that we are inhibited by the idea of art as “self-expression”—and that we can disinhibit ourselves by thinking of ourselves as its medium, not its source.
1 November 2025
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A language's mere incompleteness is not a defect.Their words
it’s true that we introduce new words, but we should resist the idea that mere “incompleteness” is a defect
‘it is a person’s privilege to go to hell’ksetiya.substack.com
18 October 2025
From one piece Joy in the Morning 3 beliefs · ksetiya.substack.com
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The problem is practical as well as intellectual: we need rites of mourning to guide our grief where reasons don’t.
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Better to cite the mundane reality that, other things equal, we should feel bad when we hear bad news. This is what it means to face the facts, as we do when we grieve the lost; and it is part of living well.
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Feeling happy is not the same as living well.Their words
A mantra for the philosophy of self-help: feeling happy is not the same as living well.
4 October 2025
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Socratic irony is not detachment but a kind of faith.
8 January 2018
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The Summer Before the DarkTheir words
The Summer Before the Dark is emblematic and symptomatic; it’s a canonical depiction of the stereotypical female midlife crisis of the 1970s.
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The InformationTheir words
If The Summer Before the Dark is a classic feminist novel about a midlife crisis, Martin Amis’s The Information is the great non-feminist novel about a midlife crisis.
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Middle AgeTheir words
In this respect, Middle Age is like another great memoir that might have been on my list: Marina Benjamin’s The Middlepause, which ranges from Edith Wharton to Colette to Carl Jung.
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Philosophy is prose, not poetry.
Philosophy is not poetry, but prose.
Tractatus Logico-Calceatus Said 27 Dec 2025
Thinking of yourself as art's medium rather than its source frees you from the inhibition of art as self-expression.
One of Johnstone’s most profound ideas, I think, is that we are inhibited by the idea of art as “self-expression”—and that we can disinhibit ourselves by thinking of ourselves as its medium, not its source.
Yes, and… Said 13 Dec 2025
A language's mere incompleteness is not a defect.
it’s true that we introduce new words, but we should resist the idea that mere “incompleteness” is a defect
‘it is a person’s privilege to go to hell’ Said 1 Nov 2025
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Feeling happy is not the same as living well.
A mantra for the philosophy of self-help: feeling happy is not the same as living well.
Joy in the Morning Said 18 Oct 2025
Feeling bad at bad news is part of facing the facts and part of living well.
Better to cite the mundane reality that, other things equal, we should feel bad when we hear bad news. This is what it means to face the facts, as we do when we grieve the lost; and it is part of living well.
Joy in the Morning Said 18 Oct 2025
We need rites of mourning to guide grief where reasons cannot.
The problem is practical as well as intellectual: we need rites of mourning to guide our grief where reasons don’t.
Joy in the Morning Said 18 Oct 2025
Socratic irony is not detachment but a kind of faith.
Socratic irony is not detachment but a kind of faith.
Becoming human is not that easy Said 4 Oct 2025
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Recommends Middle Age
In this respect, Middle Age is like another great memoir that might have been on my list: Marina Benjamin’s The Middlepause, which ranges from Edith Wharton to Colette to Carl Jung.
fivebooks.com 8 Jan 2018
Recommends The Information
If The Summer Before the Dark is a classic feminist novel about a midlife crisis, Martin Amis’s The Information is the great non-feminist novel about a midlife crisis.
fivebooks.com 8 Jan 2018
Recommends The Summer Before the Dark
The Summer Before the Dark is emblematic and symptomatic; it’s a canonical depiction of the stereotypical female midlife crisis of the 1970s.
fivebooks.com 8 Jan 2018
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