Aristocratii

În două dintre lucrările sale, Kant “Fundamentarea metafizicii moravurilor” (Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, 1785) şi “Critica raţiunii practice” (Kritik der praktischen Vernunft, 1788), Kant prezintă sistemul său etic, care se bazează pe

convingerea, că raţiunea este cea mai înaltă instanţă a moralei. Din acest punct de vedere, există două moduri în luarea unei decizii dictate de voinţă:

un imperativ condiţionat sau ipotetic, care decurge dintr-o înclinare subiectivă şi urmează un anumit scop individual,

şi un “imperativ categoric”, care se supune unei legi obiective, universal valabilă şi necesară. Kant formulează astfel principiul “imperativului categoric”, considerat

ca fundament al moralei: “Acţionează în aşa fel, încât maxima acţiunilor tale să poată fi impusă ca lege universală”.
În a treia lucrare de critică, “Critica puterii de judecare” (Kritik der Urteilskraft, 1790), Kant abordează problemele de estetică. Frumosul artistic

este strâns legat de alcătuirea naturii, în special când aceasta dă prilejul senzaţiei de sublim. “Frumos” în sens estetic este ceea ce se contemplă cu o satisfacţie

desinteresată, lipsită de intenţie sau scop personal, în forma sa cea mai pură. Această concepţie a influenţat în mod hotărâtor mişcarea literară denumită “Sturm und Drang” (”Furtună şi Avânt”).

“While in college, Oscar found himself drawn to the aesthetic and decadent movements. He advocated hedonism and individualism. For his rebellion and violation of Victorian moral standards, he was condemned by the press. Satires attacking his clothing and mannerisms abounded.

He was interested in social and political movements, including those of individualism, libertarianism, prison reform, aestheticism, and decadence.” (via)

Quotes:

“Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.”

“By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”

“What if you tell a joke in the forest, and nobody laughs? Was it a joke?”

15. My friend said to me, “I think the weather’s trippy.” I said, “No, man, it’s not the weather that’s trippy, perhaps it is the way that we perceive it that is indeed trippy.” Then I thought, “Man, I should’ve just said, ‘Yeah.’”

14. If you go to the grocery store and stand in front of the lunch meat section for too long, you start to get pissed off at turkeys. You see turkey ham, turkey pastrami, turkey bologna — somebody needs to tell the turkeys, “Man, just be yourself.”

13. One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said,”Here’s a picture of me when I was younger.” Every picture of you is when you were younger. “Here’s a picture of me when I’m older.” “You son-of-a-bitch! How’d you pull that off? Lemme see that camera!”

12. I think Pringles’ initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles was a laid-back company. They said ‘Fuck it. Cut ‘em up!’

11. I want to hang a map of the world in my house then I’m gonna put pins into all the locations that I’ve traveled to. But first I’m gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won’t fall down.

10. My sister wanted to be an actress, but she never made it. She does live in a trailer. She got half way. She’s an actress, she just never gets called to the set.

9. I bought a seven dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.

8. The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.

7. I’m against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it.

6. I like rice. Rice is great when you’re hungry and you want 2,000 of something.

5. I was walking by a dry cleaner at 3 a.m., and it said “Sorry, we’re closed.” You don’t have to be sorry. It’s 3 a.m., and you’re a dry cleaner. It would be ridiculous for me to expect you to be open. I’m not gonna walk by at ten and say, “Hey, I walked by at three, you guys were closed. Someone owes me an apology. This jacket would be halfway done!”

4. A lot of times, I’ll drive for like 10 miles with the emergency brake. That doesn’t say a lot for me, but it really doesn’t say a lot for the “emergency brake”. It’s really not an “emergency brake”, it’s an “emergency make-the-car-smell-funny lever.”

3. Whenever I walk, people try to hand me out flyers. And when someone tries to hand me out a flyer, it’s kinda like they’re saying, ‘Here—you throw this away.’

2. An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

1. I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.

Daca am ratat ceva foarte misto, va rog sa ma completati!

“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”

“My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.”

Umbland din sait internet in sait internet, ca radu din club in club cand e muci, am aflat de filmul “The Parallax View” si am gasit pe iutub o secventa (min 1:34) cu un dialog interesant:

Bill Rintels: - You’re enjoying yourself, aren’t you.
Joseph Frady: - You gotta admit, it’s funny.

Bill Rintels: - It makes me laugh, but I don’t think it’s funny.
Joseph Frady: - What’s that supposed to mean?

Bill Rintels: - Have you ever laughed at a comedian when he pretended to stutter? There’s nothing funny about a man who stutters, but people laugh. They’re amused. But they’re not happy about it