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Aug. 26

Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues Can be read as an introduction to idealism, which, alongside empiricism and rationalism, was one of the major philosophical debates from the 17th to the 19th century.

Aug. 18

Ljot Swanhild: the process of disconnecting My dream existence would be a stone, outside of the realm of time, and just sitting there, and be nothing.

Aug. 04

Ensel und Kretel I liked it even more than his previous work, but this book is probably not for everyone, particularly because of the author’s frequent interjections, where he tends to rant about various topics. I absolutely love those rants, they feel like love letters to creativity, completely unbound by the story or any particular goal. Instead, they wander through all kinds of subjects. I love them, but be warned: this book is much less story-focused.

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Ljot Swanhild: the process of disconnecting

August 18, 2026

My dream existence would be a stone, outside of the realm of time, and just sitting there, and be nothing.

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Philosophical Ramblings #14: A Rejection of Morality

July 21, 2026

Every ethical situation presents a demand to choose. This demand, the necessity of choosing between alternatives, of taking a stand, is what makes it an ethical situation at all. Not choosing is itself a choice, but one made passively, without the burden of active deliberation.

The obsessive construction of moral frameworks arises from a desire to abdicate this burden. Each ethical confrontation places a weight on the chooser: one must choose, and one must live with that choice forever. The responsibility is unsharable and permanent. To escape this, the individual creates or adopts, a moral framework. Then one says: ‘I did what is right’. The framework becomes a screen: responsibility is displaced from the individual onto an anonymous abstraction called “morality,” where it is diluted and depersonalised. The individual no longer stands behind a choice as its author, but hides behind a pre-approved category.

Following a moral framework is a choice made by proxy. The framework chooses in one’s stead. The decision was already settled before the situation arose, not because the agent reflected and resolved, but because the framework had already classified the kind of situation and prescribed the correct response. This is the deepest abdication: not the refusal to act, but the refusal to bear the weight of acting as oneself.

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