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First Principles: Constitutions For Free Persons Should Aim At Common Advantage of the Community
“Constitutions which aim at the common advantage are correct and just without qualification, whereas those which aim only at the advantage of the rulers are deviant and unjust, because they involve despotic rule, which is inappropriate for a community of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aim, Aristotle, Common Advantage, Community, Constitution, Correct, Despotic, Deviant, First Principles, Free Persons, Politics, Qualification, Rulers, Unjust
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Thought For the Day: The Deepest Craving of Human Nature Is To Be Appreciated
“The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” – WIlliam James
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Tagged Appreciate, Craving, Deep, Human Nature, Need, Thought For the Day, William James
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Neon Century
Neon came and mostly went in the 20th Century. Neon lights and even neon knights have made their mark. But, like some other things in this age of rapid change, their time appears to have come and gone. Neon Century … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Ambition, Artisan, Artistic, Beacon, Blue, Broadway, Candle, Carbon Dioxide, Century, City, Decline, Electric, Elements, Gas, Glass, Glow, Handcraft, History, Illuminate, Krypton, Legacy, Light, Mass Production, Memory, Mercury, Modern Age, Neon, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetic, Poetry, Swagger, Tradition, Tube, White, Xenon
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First Principles: Sound Economics Is Based On the Advantages of Self-Interest Not Appeals To Humanity
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Have Deep Gratitude For Those Who Light the Flame Within Us
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Schweitzer, Deep Gratitude, Flame, Light, Person, Rekindle, Spark, Think, Thought For the Day, Times, Us
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The Wrong of Pop
Dedicated to Taylor Swift’s latest effort: The Wrong of Pop by Michael Romani A penchant for speaking truth Ove humble country strums Might speak of passion and youth But offer no excuse for Jazzercize drums Idiosyncratic bits of garish tackiness … Continue reading
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Tagged Catchiness, Confront, Country, Disbelief, Empty, End Game, Excuse, Frazzle, Grief, Helium, Humble, Indignity, Jazzercize, Passion, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop, Prep Rally, Selfie, Shelf, Smug, Sonic, Spill, Strum, Tacky, Taylor Swift, Tricks, Truth
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Thought For the Day: Let Us Be Grateful To People Who Make Us Happy and Make Our Souls Blossom
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
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Tagged Blossom, Charming Gardeners, Grateful, Happy, Make, Marcel Proust, People, Soul, Thought For the Day, Us
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Faceless Portraits Transcending Time
As remarkable as it may seem, AI, that is to say, Artificial Intelligence is not only being ‘taught’ to do art but some of the pieces already done to date are fetching upwards of $450,000.00 for portraits that an art … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, AI, Algorithm, Anonymous Bid, Anthromorphize, Art, Bluster, Console, Contemporary, Contortion, Creation, Deceive, Deduced Pattern, Distinction, Distraction, Faceless, Heart, Heartless, High Bid, Legacy, Masquerade, Meaning, Mechanistic, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Portraits, Reveal, Sample, Soul, Spotlight, Story, Tantalize, Time, Trend, Visual Art
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First Principles: Civil Liberty Understood Consists In Protecting Individual Rights Through Society’s Constraints and Force
“Civil liberty, rightly understood, consists in protecting the rights of individuals by the united force of society: society cannot be maintained, and of course can exert no protection, without obedience to some sovereign power; and obedience is an empty name, … Continue reading →