Firefighting Philosopher
@fireaxewielder.bsky.social
Professional firefighter, amateur writer
Had a super productive ethical discussion at the firehouse yesterday. On the table, why the graduated income tax system is better for a representative democracy than the speciously “fair” flat tax. Good times.
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Had a super productive ethical discussion at the firehouse yesterday. On the table, why the graduated income tax system is better for a representative democracy than the speciously “fair” flat tax. Good times.
So much is going on in my world right now, and I haven’t had my usual time to read philosophy and share it. Hopefully, that will change in the near future. Hang in there, friends.
October 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So much is going on in my world right now, and I haven’t had my usual time to read philosophy and share it. Hopefully, that will change in the near future. Hang in there, friends.
“Are you a communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.” -Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls.
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.” -Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls.
September 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Are you a communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.” -Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls.
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.” -Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls.
So, I haven’t been good about posting because I’m an American and I live in a pretty steady environment of intimidation and threats. A lot of what I post is intended to be positive, but it has been hard to be positive lately in a country that has seemingly abandoned reason. 1/2
September 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
So, I haven’t been good about posting because I’m an American and I live in a pretty steady environment of intimidation and threats. A lot of what I post is intended to be positive, but it has been hard to be positive lately in a country that has seemingly abandoned reason. 1/2
Hey everyone, thanks for following me! As my handle suggests, I’m a professional firefighter with a BA in philosophy. I’ve been a little quiet lately because of some things happening as work (good things). I was recently promoted to Engineer! So, as I get back in the saddle, welcome!
July 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hey everyone, thanks for following me! As my handle suggests, I’m a professional firefighter with a BA in philosophy. I’ve been a little quiet lately because of some things happening as work (good things). I was recently promoted to Engineer! So, as I get back in the saddle, welcome!
“Thinking is difficult, that is why most people judge.” -Carl Jung
June 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
“Thinking is difficult, that is why most people judge.” -Carl Jung
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
“All cruelty springs from weakness.” -Seneca
June 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“All cruelty springs from weakness.” -Seneca
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” -Mark Twain
May 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” -Mark Twain
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” -Ernest Hemingway
May 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” -Ernest Hemingway
I haven’t been posting my philosophy board lately because I’ve had a lot going on personally and professionally (most of it good). Rest assured that I am alive and will return.
May 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I haven’t been posting my philosophy board lately because I’ve had a lot going on personally and professionally (most of it good). Rest assured that I am alive and will return.
“Sometimes in philosophy we like to ask obvious questions and waggle our eyebrows suggestively, like maybe you don’t exist after all, hmm? but bro, this is not one of those times. I should obviously jump in and SAVE THIS FUCKING CHILD’S LIFE.” -Philosophy Bro on Peter Singer’s Drowning Child
May 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Sometimes in philosophy we like to ask obvious questions and waggle our eyebrows suggestively, like maybe you don’t exist after all, hmm? but bro, this is not one of those times. I should obviously jump in and SAVE THIS FUCKING CHILD’S LIFE.” -Philosophy Bro on Peter Singer’s Drowning Child
“Compassion is the basis of morality.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
April 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Compassion is the basis of morality.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
I want to sprinkle in some Philosophy bro in addition to my normal inspirations because, one, he’s hilarious, and two, he’s remarkably accurate in his off-color analyses of philosophical work, and three, I think he helps market philosophy as a subject. So, I hope you all enjoy!
April 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I want to sprinkle in some Philosophy bro in addition to my normal inspirations because, one, he’s hilarious, and two, he’s remarkably accurate in his off-color analyses of philosophical work, and three, I think he helps market philosophy as a subject. So, I hope you all enjoy!
Have you ever seen a guy acting like an asshole and thought, “What a fucking asshole?” Well, Spoiler Alert: You’re an asshole too. -Philosophy Bro
www.philosophybro.com/archive/hobb...
www.philosophybro.com/archive/hobb...
Hobbes' "Leviathan, Books I and II": A Summary — Philosophy Bro
Everything is made of particles, and they’re constantly bumping into each other. It’s how shit moves, but that’s not all - it’s how you think, and how you speak, and how you ...
www.philosophybro.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Have you ever seen a guy acting like an asshole and thought, “What a fucking asshole?” Well, Spoiler Alert: You’re an asshole too. -Philosophy Bro
www.philosophybro.com/archive/hobb...
www.philosophybro.com/archive/hobb...
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” -Greek Proverb
April 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit.” -Greek Proverb
“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” -Sun Tzu
April 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” -Sun Tzu
Found on Instagram, but it’s a great quote.
March 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Found on Instagram, but it’s a great quote.
“The past does not only draw us back to the past. There are certain memories of the past that have strong steel springs and, when we who live in the present touch them, they are suddenly stretched taut and then they propel us into the future.” -Yukio Mishima
March 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“The past does not only draw us back to the past. There are certain memories of the past that have strong steel springs and, when we who live in the present touch them, they are suddenly stretched taut and then they propel us into the future.” -Yukio Mishima
“One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
Saw this one out of context, but it resonates in the current climate of propaganda.
Saw this one out of context, but it resonates in the current climate of propaganda.
March 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
Saw this one out of context, but it resonates in the current climate of propaganda.
Saw this one out of context, but it resonates in the current climate of propaganda.
I often reflect on the US Constitution as a philosophical document. Today, I reread Amendment XIV, Section 1: 1/3
March 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I often reflect on the US Constitution as a philosophical document. Today, I reread Amendment XIV, Section 1: 1/3
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” -Oscar Wilde
March 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” -Oscar Wilde
“Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.” -J.R.R. Tolkien
March 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.” -J.R.R. Tolkien
“To have courage for whatever comes in life—everything lies in that.” -Teresa of Avila
February 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“To have courage for whatever comes in life—everything lies in that.” -Teresa of Avila
“When you understand that every opinion is a vision loaded with personal history, you will begin to understand that all judgement is confession.” -Nikola Tesla
February 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“When you understand that every opinion is a vision loaded with personal history, you will begin to understand that all judgement is confession.” -Nikola Tesla