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Thought For the Day: Natural Law Is Source of All Value Judgments
“The Tao, which others may call Natural Law or Traditional Morality or the First Principles of Practical Reason or the First Platitudes, is not one among a series of possible systems of value. It is the sole source of all … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Discernment, Judgment, Morality, Natural Law, The Abolition of Man, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Phaedo – Plato
Phaedo is a dialogue of Plato that was known among its first readers as On the Soul. This work depicts Socrates death. In this dialogue, the nature of the afterlife is discussed on Socrates last day. He had been sentenced to … Continue reading
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Tagged Dialogue, Duality, Harvard Classics, On the Soul, Phaedo, Plato, Socrates
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Grand Simplicity
Grand Simplicity by Michael Romani There is a sense of wicked, needless perversity In resolving global coral’s afflicted adversity Perhaps understanding this begins with curiosity Learning the species quite thoroughly Super structures build by simple organisms That have become a … Continue reading
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Tagged Coexist, Coral, Marine Biology, Microcosm, Nursery, Ocean, Photographs, Poetry, Polyps, Reefs
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Amble
Took my angel for an amble Down the Summer Trace Picked a juicy berry from the bramble Just to see the smile on her face
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Tagged Amble, Bramble, Daily Prompt, Smile, Summer, Trace, Wordpress
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First Principles: Perpetual Public Debt Brings Servitude of the People
“I place economy among the first and important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, First Principles, Independence, Perpetual, Public Debt, Servitude, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Equality Before God Equals Equality Before Law
“Of all the ideas associated with the general concept of democratic government, the oldest and perhaps the soundest is that of equality before the law. In relation to the scheme of Christian ethics it is too obvious to need statement. … Continue reading
15,001 Photographs
Just reached number 15,000. Kind of proud of that. Despite my ex wife destroying 14,000 plus photographs taken mostly of nature and destroying my cameras, I have now more or less made up for that through of use of experimenting … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Bible Study Tools, Digital, Photographs, Sailing, Topographic Oceans, Virtual Reality
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Locksley Hall – Alfred Tennyson
Based on an Arabic work called Mu’allaqat, in 1835, Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote himself a dramatic monologue in a set of 97 rhyming couplets. It is a stream of consciousness work with it’s protagonist caught up in in an interior … Continue reading
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Tagged Civilization, Harvard Classics, Jealousy, Locksley Hall, Mu'allaqat, Poetry, Steam of Conciousness, Tennyson, Utopia
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Shimmer
Shimmetry In Motion:
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Tagged Abstract, Bible Study Tools, Daily Prompt, Photograph, Shimmer, Wordpress
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Together We Are Better
With a wink and a nod to Jack Johson and of course Reverend Brett, from the House of Prayer Church on Second Life, today’s Sunday morning poem is based on Ecclesiastes 4:9-10New International Version (NIV). Ecclesiastes 4:9-10New International Version (NIV) 9 Two … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Appreciation, Attention, Deep, Eccelesiastes, Family, Fellowship, Gratitude, Holy, House of Prayer, Jack Johnson, Open Secret, Photograph, Poetry, Quality, Relationship, Sermon, Service, Sunday, Together
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