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I am driven by my emotions.

"Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots, and indeed rationality largely functions as a post hoc justification. Our political opinions, ultimately, are what we feel about the world, not what we think about it. And in turn, our opinions about particular events have a lot to do with how we feel about the world in general. It’s not an exaggeration to say that most people’s views about the kind of things that happen today are extensions of concerns of their own ego. And consequently, invitations to change their minds because new facts emerge, or because old ideas are discredited by new evidence, are in fact a threat to the strength and even survival of that ego."

"But few people, especially those who have received a decent education, want to acknowledge that their views are based on emotion and not reason. They therefore try to argue".

aurelien2022.substack.com/p/an

@histodons @psychology @socialpsych @ukraine @israel

I am so happy to arrive here!
I have migrated from various bigger servers of #microblogging. Phew.

I was born and raised in France, moved to #GreaterParis. So i will give a few hints on the country in English: #merit #respectability #rapeCulture #coloniality #stateRacism #universalism. Come to #France2024! 😒 <snark>
(Much more can be found "en français" at @breton@eldritch.cafe: #patriarcat #cultureDuViol #fragilité #islamophobie #colonialité #décoloniale #FranceIsraël #racismeDÉtat #paniqueMorale #guerreCulturelle.)
I am a white male person working on my fellow condition: #patriarchy #fragility #entitlement #whiteness @supremacy.

I do consulting on #naturalWine and you may find #joyful wine at my #search engine: frenchscout.com/natural-wines?
I am in my fifties. So i will discuss #militancy and #MoralBeauty. I mean: #feelGood is a primary fuel for our actions and our opponents behaviours. I will illustrate with #resources, easy #sociology, #photos of #protests. So follow #ActionPics for upcoming threads.

#France was and is a leader in harnessing outside land, energy and labour. (Second to English cultures.) So i have a few hints on #islamophobia #counterTerrorism #israelism #StandWithIsrael @military.

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"No one is wilfully evil. It is enough for a man to know what is good for him necessarily to do it."
For Socrates, the authentic practice of virtue presupposes knowing the essence of the Good.
"Know thyself" is therefore an invitation that means "discover the good that is in you; listen to the divinity that speaks to your conscience".