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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Edmund Burke – On Taste
Edmund Burke was born on January 12, 1729 Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of Edmund Burke elsewhere on our post pages. Please review these for a fuller background on this gentleman. The essay On Taste … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Edmund Burke, Enlightenment, Essay, Harvard Classics, On Taste, Sublime
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Evoke
There behind all the present faces Were all the solemn traces Each serving to evoke All the words unspoken and those He spoke Memories of this family dinner Evoke deeper layers for this beginner As each year seems to swing … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Daily Prompt, Evoke, Faces, Last Supper, Layers, Spoken, Traces, Unspoken, Wordpress, Words
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Thought For the Day: Dogma Demands Authority and Breeds Systematic Hatred
“Dogma demands authority, rather than intelligent thought, as the source of opinion; it requires persecution of heretics and hostility to unbelievers; it asks of its disciples that they should inhibit natural kindness in favor of systematic hatred.” — Bertrand Russell … Continue reading
First Principles: A Nation Should Use the Same Prudence In Finances As An Individual Would Use
“The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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Tagged Expenditures, Finance, First Principles, Government, Personal, Private, Projects, Prudence, Public, Thomas Jefferson
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Sonic Gems: Santana – Abraxas
In 1966, the Latin music rock band Santana was formed in San Francisco, California, by Carlos Santana. The band gained prominence at Woodstock with a song called Soul Sacrifice. This led to the release of the self titled Santana which was followed … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraxas, Black Magic Woman, Gregg Rollie, Samba Pa Ti, Santana, Sonic Gems, Soul Sacrifice, Woodstock
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Euripides – The Bacchae
Born in approximately 480 BC, the Athenian tragedian Euripides from who approximately 18-19 extant plays of his approximately 92-95 dramas have survived. He along with Aeschylus and Sophocles are most of what we know of ancient Greek drama. Euripides has … Continue reading
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Tagged Athens, Dionysus, Drama, Euripides, Harvard Classics, Pentheus, Sensuality, Spirituality, The Bacchae, Thebes, Tragedy
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Carve
Carved there out of the mists of time Are the heroes and legends sublime Out here in the neon nights Lit up under the signs and lights Are those of us who seek for truth I, for one, have done … Continue reading
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Tagged Carve, Clarity, Compassion, Courage, Daily Prompt, Illusion, Neon Nights, Sublime, Time, Truth, Wordpress
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First Principles: Better to Give Up Everything Than Embrace Dishonor Or Immorality
“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you … Continue reading
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Tagged Appearances, Fame, First Principles, Honor, Illusion, Immoral, Integrity, Money, Morality, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Success Is Found In What You Do For Others
“All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don’t discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.” — Danny … Continue reading
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Tagged Accomplish, Born, Danny Thomas, Discover, Gain, Others, Reason, Success, Thought For the Day
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Finding Faith
Based on Hebrews 11:6 Finding Faith by Michael Romani In an observation of faith, we please Him Drawing close and acting on Word not whim Diligence in all of these things that we do Keeping faith in all things, me … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross, Finding Faith, Foundation, Gap, Lesson, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Talk, the Word, Truth, Walk
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