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David K. Lewis gave modern philosophy a powerful way to think about fiction. A story creates a world of assumptions, and within that world, some claims become true. Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street is not true in history, but it is true in the Holmes stories. Fiction feels real partly because the mind enters that structured world and treats its rules seriously.

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“A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.”

David Hume
1748

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A clear thinker does not believe harder just because an idea feels meaningful, familiar, or comforting. Some mysteries deserve wonder, but belief should still be proportional to evidence, logic, testing, and trustworthy guidance. Think well by letting confidence grow only when support earns it.

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Which tradition puts friendship above all else?

Eudaimonia

Epicurus, from about 300 BCE, promoted the cultivation of friendships. He taught that friendship is life’s greatest good, more important than wealth or status. True pleasure comes from lasting contentment, shared trust, and mutual care. Friendship provides emotional security, practical support, and the calm needed for a tranquil, fulfilling life.

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“The first person who thought of saying ‘This is mine’ was the real founder of civil society.”

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1755

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