A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window. — Gilles Deleuze

A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.

Author: Gilles Deleuze

Insight: Ideas are tools, but they're also weapons. You can use the same concept to build something solid and logical, or weaponize it to tear down someone else's argument—and both feel equally justified. The trick is noticing which one you're actually doing.

Source: What Is Philosophy?, p. 21, 1991

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A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.

Gilles DeleuzeWhat Is Philosophy?, p. 21, 1991

Insight

Ideas are tools, but they're also weapons. You can use the same concept to build something solid and logical, or weaponize it to tear down someone else's argument—and both feel equally justified. The trick is noticing which one you're actually doing.

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Gilles Deleuze

Gilles Deleuze was a French philosopher born on January 18, 1925, and died on November 4, 1995. He is known for his influential works in philosophy, particularly in the fields of metaphysics, literature, and cinema, where he explored concepts of difference, repetition, and rhizomatic thinking. Deleuze collaborated with Félix Guattari on notable texts such as "Anti-Oedipus" and "A Thousand Plateaus," which have significantly impacted contemporary thought.

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