Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms is a philosophy book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb written in the aphoristic style. It was first released on November 30, 2010 by Random House. An updated edition was released on October 26, 2016 that includes fifty percent more material than the 2010 edition. According to Taleb, the book "contrasts the classical values of courage, elegance, and erudition against the modern diseases of nerdiness, philistinism, and phoniness." The title refers to Procrustes, a figure from Greek mythology who abducted travelers and stretched or chopped their bodies to fit the length of his bed.The book is part of Taleb's five volume philosophical essay on uncertainty, titled the Incerto and covers Antifragile , The Black Swan , Fooled by Randomness ,The Bed of Procrustes , and Skin in the Game .
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 27
“My biggest problem with modernity may lie in the growing separation of the ethical and the legal”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“What I learned on my own I still remember”
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Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 4
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 26
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Love without sacrifice is like theft”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“To bankrupt a fool, give him information.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see”
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“If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
