Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts

4.2.09

How long... by Charles Lindbergh

How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life. This is our modern danger — one of the waxen wings of flight. It may cause our civilization to fall unless we act quickly to counteract it, unless we realize that human character is more important than efficiency, that education consists of more than the mere accumulation of knowledge.
~ Charles Lindbergh
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Living a life of my own...
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3.1.09

"Manevi Mirasım Bilim ve Akıldır!"... Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK

"... Ben, manevi miras olarak hiçbir ayet, hiçbir dogma, hiçbir kalıplaşmış kural bırakmıyorum. Benim manevi mirasım bilim ve akıldır... Zaman süratle ilerliyor, milletlerin, toplumların, kişilerin mutluluk ve mutsuzluk anlayışların bile değişiyor. Böyle bir dünyada, asla değişmeyecek hükümler getirdiğini iddia etmek, aklın ve bilimin gelişimini inkar etmek olur... Benim Türk milleti için yapmak istediklerim ve başarmaya çalıştıklarım ortadadır. Benden sonra beni benimsemek isteyenler, bu temel eksen üzerinde akıl ve bilimin rehberliğini kabul ederlerse, manevi mirasçılarım olurlar... "

Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK
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Living a life of my own...
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29.12.08

Prisoner of Society

by The Living End

Well we don't need no one to tell us what to do
Oh yes we're on our own
And there's nothing you can do
So we don't need no one like you
To tell us what to do

We don't refer to the past
When showing what we've done
Our generation gap
Means the war is never won
The past is in your head
THE FUTURE'S IN OUR HANDS!

Cos I'm a brat
And I know everything
And I talk back
Cos I'm not listening
To anything you say

And if you count to 3 (one, two, three)
You'll see it's no emergency
You'll see I'm not the enemy
Just a Prisoner of Society

Well we don't need no one to tell us what to do
Oh yes we're on our own
And there's nothing you can do
So we don't need no one like you
To tell us what to do

Cos I'm a brat
And I know everything
And I talk back
Cos I'm not listening
To anything you say

And if you count to 3 (one, two, three)
You'll see it's no emergency
You'll see I'm not the enemy
Just a Prisoner of Society

(GO!)

Well we don't need no one to tell us what to do
Oh yes we're on our own
And there's nothing you can do
So we don't need no one like you
To tell us what to do

We don't refer to the past
When showing what we've done
Our generation gap
Means the war is never won
So we don't need no one like you
To tell us what to do

Cos I'm a brat
And I know everything
And I talk back
Cos I'm not listening
To anything you say

And if you count to 3 (one, two, three)
You'll see it's no emergency
You'll see I'm not the enemy
Just a Prisoner of Society

Society, Society
Society, Society
Society!
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Living a life of my own...
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28.12.08

Wait for the Sun

by Hi Standard

I'm just a boy who makes mistakes.
Sometimes I feel like kicking my own rump.
Have no money, but big dreams.
Fight my way and wait for the sun.

Yes I still believe!
Wait for the sun...

Don't make light of me.
Don't make light of me.
I win by all means.
I shall never give up.
Draw my chin, in a fighting pose.
Keep breathing through till I fall down.
Nothing gives me more pleasure than change the world!...

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Living a life of my own...
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20.12.08

DAHA GÜZEL BİR DÜNYA İSTİYORUZ!

-Aleksis Grigoropulous’un anısına…/ Remembering Alexandros Grigoropoulos...-

Bize yardım edin

Terörist, anarşist değiliz

Sizin çocuklarınızız!

Hayal kuruyoruz…


Öldürmeyin hayallerimizi

Hız aldık…

Kesmeyin hızımızı

Hatırlayın…



Bir zamanlar siz de gençtiniz

Şimdi paranın peşindesiniz, sırf gösteriş ilgilendiriyor sizi

Şişmanladınız, saçlarınız döküldü

Unuttunuz her şeyi


Bizi desteklemenizi beklerdik

İlgilenmenizi…

Bir kere olsun iftihar etmenizi bizimle

Boşuna…


Yalan hayatlar yaşıyorsunuz, başınızı öne eğdiniz

Pantolonlarınızı bile indirdiniz

Öleceğinizi günü öyle bekliyorsunuz

Hayal kurmuyorsunuz, âşık olmuyorsunuz, yaratıcı değilsiniz


Sadece satın alıyor ve satıyorsunuz

Her yerde maddecilik… Sevgi yok.

Sahici olan hiçbir şey yok hiçbir yerde

Nerede velilerimiz… Nerede onca sanatçı

Niye bizi korumak sokaklara dökülmüyorsunuz

Öldürüyorlar bizi burada

Yardım edin


İmza: Çocuklar


Not: Daha fazla gaz bombası fırlatmayın bize. Biz kendiliğinden ağlamasını da biliriz.


(Yunanistan’dakiler başta olmak üzere, dünyanın tüm "güzel" insanlarına ve çeviri için Yorgo Kırbaki’ye teşekkürler...)

Başka bir dünya mümkün! / Another world is possible!

Dünyanın tüm hayal kuranlarına selam olsun…

20 Aralık 2008 - Daha güzel bir dünya için dayanışma!!!

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20/12/2008
Living a life of my own...
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19.11.08

Mesnevi'den Notlarım

Dünyanın bütün güzel yüzlüleri, bizden güzellik çaldı; hepsi de zerre zerre bizim güzelliğimizi, bizim ihsanımızı gördü.

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Biz doğu tarafına da gitmeyiz batı tarafına da. Biz durmadan ezel güneşine doğru adımlar atar dururuz.

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Ey yolcu! Aklını başına al, seferin nereye? Hangi diyara gitmek istiyorsun? Nereye gidersen git, sen bizim gönlümüzdesin. Denizden uzak düşmüş bir balık gibi o denizin gamını daha ne kadar çekeceksin? Kupkuru olmuş dudakların ne zamana kadar denize hasret ve ayrılıktan şikâyet incilerini âleme saçacak.

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Arayan aradığını bulsun diye yerden ne biterse ihtiyaç sahibi için biter.

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Çamurdan yapılmış kuşuz! Bir nefes üfür de, seyret göklere yükseldiğimizi bizim.

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Su gibi, şu çamur içinde hapsolup kaldın! Bedenin aslı olan balçıktan ne vakit tertemiz, arınmış olarak çıkacaksın…

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“Damarlarım attıkça, canım bedenimde oldukça kaçmaktayım.”


Kaçarken kendimi de beraberimde götürdüğüm için kurtulmama imkân yok.

Bu yüzdendir ki, benim işim kıyamete kadar durmadan kaçmaktır, kaçmak…

Zaman doğurmaya başlar, zaman doğurmaya başlar.”

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Ne olduğu bir türlü bilinmeyen aşkın, ne olduğu bilinmeyen hali budur.

Bu gözyaşları neden akıyor bilinemez.

Sevilenlerin rengini gör, sevilenlerin rengine bak!

Bu iki güzel renk; işte o rengi olmayan camdan.

Gökyüzü de her an yeryüzüne, şu kara toprağa binlerce renk bağışlar, ama bu renkler ne yeryüzünün rengine benzer ne de gökyüzünün.

Çünkü rengi-i aşk renksizdir.

Nakışın aslı nakışsızdır.

Çünkü hangi aslı harfsizdir, nakdin aslı madendir.

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MEVLANA

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Living a life of my own...
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20.10.08

It's time to get drunk!

"It is essential to be drunk all the time. That's all: there's no other problem. If you do not want to feel the appalling weight of Time which breaks your shoulders and bends you to the ground, get drunk, and drunk again. What with? Wine, poetry, or being good, please yourself. But get drunk... And if now and then, on the steps of a palace, on the green grass of a ditch, in the glum loneliness of your room, you come to, your drunken state abated or dissolved, ask the wind, ask the wave, the star, the bird, the clock, ask all that runs away, all that groans, all that wheels, all that sings, all that speaks, what time it is; and the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clock, will tell you: 'It is time to get drunk!' If you do not want to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk, always get drunk! With wine, with poetry or with being good. As you please..."

/ "
Her zaman sarhoş olmalı. Her şey bunda: tek sorun bu. Omuzlarınızı ezen, sizi topraga dogru çeken zaman'ın korkunc agırlığını duymamak için, durmamacasına sarhos olmalısınız. Ama neyle? Şarapla, şiirle, ya da erdemle, nasıl isterseniz. Ama sarhoş olun."

Charles BAUDELAIRE, 1866

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Living a life of my own...
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10.9.08

Remembering Uğur Mumcu / Uğur Mumcu'yu hatırlamak...

Ugur MUMCU
(August 22nd 1942-January 24th 1993)
A Courageous Intellectual to Remember...

Uğur MUMCU was a pioneer in investigative journalism in Turkey...

Uğur Mumcu was born on August 22nd, 1942. After his studies at the Ankara University Faculty of Law, he practiced as a lawyer for some time.
Switching to journalism in 1974, Mumcu defended democracy and human rights in his writings, which he based entirely on concrete knowledge and facts, never betraying the principles of his profession. He regarded "the crime of our age" is to remain silent and indifferent about events of life.
"A murderer is a murderer, no matter if from the right or left."
He pressed for the investigation of many cases of the murder, without looking their political identity, of those who were murdered for their convictions and from terrorist attacks. He provided concrete evidence about the relation between acts of terror and arms traffickers and about the national and international aspects of the steadily rising reactionary organizations.

Uğur Mumcu was assassinated by the explosion of a bomb that was fixed to his car on January 24th, 1993...

-"Everyone is not responsible for what they argue, but also for what they are silent..."

-"How close are some dead people, how dead are most of the living people..."

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Rest in Peace...
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14.5.08

To be Karl Marx?

Karl MARX
German political Philosopher and revolutionary, 1818-1883

“Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.”


To be Karl Marx?


While relatively obscure during his time, his theories and writing became hugely influential after his death. Like Marx, to be interested in revolutions and the economy, and to write a text as influential as the Communist Manifesto...

"Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!"

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it”

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Living a life of my own...
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3.4.08

Mutluluk denklemi...

Mutluluğa doğru...


Manfred F. R. Kets De Vries “The Happiness Equation: A Winning Formula for Happiness and Success /Mutluluk Denklemi” adlı kitabında mutlu insanlar üzerinde gözlemler üzerinden çıkarsamalar yaparak mutluluğun nasıl elde edebileceğini tanımlamaya çalışmış. Şimdi bu özellikleri birlikte gözden geçirelim.


Unutmayın kuşların, hayvanların nasıl yüzdüğünün, uçtuğunun sırrı ile uğraşmaktansa, onların uçmasını, yüzmesini seyretmeye odaklanmak kendinizi daha iyi hissetmenizi sağlar.
1. Gülümseyin
2. Stressiz bir yaşamınız olsun
3. Sahip olduklarınızın değerini bilin
4. Dengeli yaşayın
5. Karşınızdaki kişiyi takdir etmekten, övmekten kaçınmayın
6. Kendini doğru tanıyın
7. Bir hedefinizin olsun. Hedefiniz iş, hobi ya da başka bir şeyle ilgili olabilir.
8. Kızgınlık, kıskançlık gibi duyguları hayatınızdan çıkartın veya az yer kaplamasına özen gösterin
9. Yardımda ve bağışta bulunun
10. İşlerinizi ertelemeyin
11. Bencil olmayın
12. Sağlığınıza dikkat edin
13. Sevdiğiniz, olumlu özelliklerini beğendiğiniz kişilerle birlikte olmaya özen gösterin
14. Dışa dönük olun
15. Kendinizi sevin
16. Kendinize saygı duyun
17. Hayata olumlu bakın
18. Sosyal zekaya sahip olun
19. Gereğinden fazla bir olaya üzülmeyin
ve son olarak,
20. Meraklı olun, öğrenmek ve araştırma isteğinizi hiç kaybetmeyin...

Mutluluğunuz daim olsun...
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Living a life of my own...
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16.11.07

Remembering Mevlana / Mevlana'yı hatırlamak...

MEVLANA Celalladin-i Rumi




Mevlana was born in Bhalk, Persia, in 1207 from an aristocratic family, Rumi died in 1273. People say that he played about 70.000 verses. Many of them, are included in his masterpiece "Masnavi-yi Manari".



"In generosity and helping others, be like a river. In compassion and grace, be like the sun. In concealing other's faults, be like the night. In anger and fury, be like dead. In modesty and humility, be like the earth. In tolerance, be like the sea. Either appear as you are, or be as you appear"...

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Şayet gökyüzü aşık değilse, kapalı olacaktır.

Eğer güneş, aşık değilse, aydınlatmayacaktır dünyayı.

Eğer nehir aşık değilse, sessizliğe gömülecek, kaskatı kesilecektir.

Eğer dağlar ve toprak aşık değilse, o zaman hiçbir bitki yetişmeyecektir yeryüzünde.
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Her gün bir yerden göçmek ne iyi.

Her gün bir yere konmak ne güzel.

Bulanmadan, donmadan akmak ne hoş.

Dünle beraber gitti, cancağzım,

Ne kadar söz varsa düne ait.

Şimdi yeni şeyler söylemek lazım

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Dün gece Akıl'la söyleşip durdum

Ona hakikatin sırrını sordum

"Dinle" dedi, "bu bilinir söylenmez"

O sustukça ben sırrı kavrıyordum

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Ölümümüzden sonra mezarımızı yerde aramayınız! Bizim mezarımız âriflerin gönüllerindedir...
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Living a life of my own...
...
Freedom lies in being bold.Robert Frost
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18.1.07

Remembering John Lennon / John Lennon'u hatırlamak...

John Lennon (09.10.1940-08.12.1980)

John was not just a simple young musician. He was a man that wanted to change the world for good. He was in my age when he tried to change... He dreamt of a better life in a peaceful, friendly world. He dreamt of a society of understanding and respect... He just did not dream, in addition he acted for the good he knew. He tried to share what he witnessed and what he dreamt. It is not dream we know it now, it is a reality… There is always hope...

“Life is what happens (to you) while you are busy making other plans. / Hayat siz planlar yaparken başınızdan geçmekte olan şeydir.”

“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”

Love means having to say you're sorry every fifteen minutes.”

“Everything is clearer when you are in love...”

“We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. "

“I still believe that all you need is love...”


“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.”

“I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.”

“All we are saying is give peace a chance. "

IMAGINE (1971)
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will be as one.
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I’m not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.


-I am a dreamer like you, John. Thanks for highlighting my way... We are going to make it a reality.-


”A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”


~~~t~H~e~K~h~A~n~2~3~~~


Life is an endless adventurE!...

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3.7.06

Remembering Jim Morrison / Jim Morrison'ı hatırlamak...

James Douglas "Jim" Morrison, (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971)


I remember the first time I listened him singing. I remember his exceptional voice, full of emotions and intensity. I remember the high sense of blowing out. I remember his incomparable lust for violence, sex, alcohol, drugs, self-destruction, anything forbidden for any reason by the conservative society.

He came up with courage to outscore the authority of conservative middle class America and succeed. Millions of fans around the world are the witness of his success. He followed the motto "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom –William Blake" and succeed in all means.

I still remember the gorgeous day that I visited his grave in Pére Lachaise cemetary in Paris. I sang the famous “Light my fire” and “people are strange” with fans from Brazil, Sweden, USA, and Poland. I even remained my sign there with quote from "people are strange".

I still believe that "If the doors of perception were cleansed / All things would appear infinite", dear Lizard King…

"This is the end, beautiful friend.
It hurts to set you free,
But you'll never follow me.
The end of laughter and soft lies.
The end of nights we tried to die.
This is the... end."

Now I am also 28... It is time to go? I am nobody still...


~~~t~H~e~K~h~A~n~2~3~~~

Friedrich Nietzsche says...

"You have your way... I have my way... As for the right way, the correct way, it doesn't exist..."

-- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (philosopher and classical philologist) [1844-1900] .

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Paul Valéry says...

"That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false. / Herkes tarafından doğru kabul edilen şeyler büyük olasılıkla yanlıştır."

-- Paul Valéry (poet, essayist, and philosopher) [1871-1945]

Frantz Fanon says...

"In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself."

-- Frantz Fanon (psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary and author) [1925-1961].

Alain says...

"Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when a man has only one idea." /\

"One of the hardest things in the world is saying the thing said everyone says with a thinking. /Dünyanın en zor şeylerinden biri, herkesin düşünmeden söylediğini, düşünerek söylemektir."

Alain, (poet and philosopher) [1868 - 1951].

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