Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

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Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
Power Games

Power Games

Living is an exercise in power

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Dec 01, 2021
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Just in case you haven’t noticed, living is an exercise in power. All our pleasures come from increases in power, and all our pains from decreases in power. At the most basic level power is simply the power to persist in existence, but it gets much more sophisticated than this, and all the various shapes and shades of power determine our own inner life.

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