First thought

By definition, could the very first belief that we come to hold be deemed rational?

Language and self

In the pre-linguistic era, how were the subjective realities of own selves available to humans?

Thoughts and lonely

In the company of thoughts and jollity of mind, it never gets lonely out here.

Liberty

How different are the philosophies of liberty rooted in collectivism and individualism?

Bhakti

Is it the beholder's bhakti that adorns the idol or the artistry that imbues the bhakti in her?

Convenient ignorance

The grave concern is not the convenient ignorance of individual humans, but that of the society.

Eusocial

How is that the society of the most "intelligent" species seems primitive in comparison to the eusociality of ants, wasps and bees?

Socially worthless thoughts

Such is the unimaginable fecundity of my mind in constructing socially worthless thoughts that my inarticulacy is a godsend.

Aristocracy, language and thought

Aristocracy is often equated with linguistic competence, and the latter is confused with thought sophistication.

Introspection

Is introspection possible without a language?

The self

If ever I get to know my very first thought, I will have found the key to knowing the self.

First thought

When did my very first thought occur? I assume it predates my ability to express it in human language.

Death

Death is perhaps the most mysterious commonsense.

Critique

A piece of critique is a judgment as much about audience's taste as about artist's work.

Encultured

How do I un-enculture my sense of being, knowing and appraising?

Sacrosanctness

Does it matter whether the roots of sacrosanctness of compassion is in nature or culture?

True scholar

Does it behoove the true scholar to initiate the uninitiated and confront the plagued minds?

Meta-concepts

In the battle of minds, the trick is to sway the meta-conception of the opponent.

Mind

It is both scary and assuring that the mind can trick itself.

To know

Why is the philosophical urge to know, almost always followed by the scientific endeavor to predict and control the known?