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← Each renunciation of instinct feeds conscience, so conscience may…

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 3 Sept 1888 to 2 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under family family Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Each renunciation of instinct feeds conscience, so conscience may paradoxically be called the result of renunciation, which then demands more Each renunciation of instinct feedsconscience, so conscience mayparadoxically be called the result ofrenunciation, which then demands more SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: You should not disown your deeds once done; pangs of conscience are indecent — tap to centre the map on it You should not disown your deedsonce done; pangs of conscience areindecent Last stated 138 years ago 3 Sept 1888 FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Conversion is the process by which a divided, unhappy self becomes unified and happy through a firmer hold on religious realities — tap to centre the map on it Conversion is the process by which adivided, unhappy self becomesunified and happy through a firmerhold on religious realities WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once our pity is aroused, joining others in preying on life insults all that is good in us — tap to centre the map on it Once our pity is aroused, joiningothers in preying on life insultsall that is good in us Last stated 133 years ago 22 Mar 1894 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1894-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person should not play the coward to their own deeds by repudiating them once done; pangs of conscience are indecent. — tap to centre the map on it A person should not play the cowardto their own deeds by repudiatingthem once done; pangs of conscienceare indecent. Last stated 138 years ago 3 Sept 1888 FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Suppressed hurt hardens into resentment that erodes generosity, and what looks like acceptance can actually be resignation. — tap to centre the map on it Suppressed hurt hardens intoresentment that erodes generosity,and what looks like acceptance canactually be resignation. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Aug 2026 TR Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: What we are results from what we have thought; acting from an evil thought brings pain after it — tap to centre the map on it What we are results from what wehave thought; acting from an evilthought brings pain after it GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: The price of progress in civilization is paid in lost happiness, through a heightened sense of guilt — tap to centre the map on it The price of progress incivilization is paid in losthappiness, through a heightenedsense of guilt SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: A will indulged becomes lust, lust served becomes habit, and habit unresisted becomes necessity — tap to centre the map on it A will indulged becomes lust, lustserved becomes habit, and habitunresisted becomes necessity AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 396–400 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion — tap to centre the map on it A little philosophy inclines themind to atheism, but depth inphilosophy brings it back toreligion FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person's death, more than their life, is what turns them into a viral, revered symbol. — tap to centre the map on it A person's death, more than theirlife, is what turns them into aviral, revered symbol. Last stated 9 months ago 14 Jan 2026 BT Brandon Taylor — holds since 2026-01-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated a month ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it A religion cannot revive itself byencouraging its members to have morechildren. Last stated a month ago 24 Aug 2026 RB Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followedexpected-value estimates would beone where nearly all of them helpeddistant strangers instead of thepeople around them, and that worldwould be worse. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives — tap to centre the map on it AI can have a significant positiveimpact on people's lives Last stated yesterday 2 Oct 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Each renunciation of instinct feeds conscience, so conscience may paradoxically be called the result of renunciation, which then demands more Last stated c. 1930 Holds Sigmund Freud Read this korrent →