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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Creativity – Like Human Life Itself – Begins In Darkness. We Need To Acknowledge This. All Too Often, We Think Only In Terms of Light
“Creativity — like human life itself — begins in darkness. We need to acknowledge this. All too often, we think only in terms of light: “And then the lightbulb went on and I got it!” It is true that insights … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledge, Begin, Bright Ideas, Creativity, Darkness, Gestation, Human Life, Interio, Julia Cameron, lLight, Murky, Necessary, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1809)
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Tagged Care, Destruction, First and Only, First Principles, Good Government, Happiness, Human Life, Legitimate, Objecct, Thomas Jeffereson
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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1809)
First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1809)
Thought For the Day: To Be Ignorant of What Occurred Before You Were Born Is To Remain Always A Child
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestors, Born, Child, Human Life, Ignorant, Life, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Occurred, Records of History, Thought For the Day, Worth, Woven
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Eudaimonia
Eudaimoniaby Michael DoyleAs a matter of virtue and philosophical inquiryAristotle unveiled many a treasured mysterySetting eudaimonia as the telos of human lifeTranslated toward peace and against strifeInvestigations into the dream of pure reasonTurning the colors of each passing seasonThe functionality … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Life, Aristotle, Believe, Busily Being, Colors, Complicated, Conceive, Conscience, Dealt, Dedicated, Deep Meaning, Detail, Discern, Dream, Dreams, End In Itself, Ethical Aims, Eudaimonia, Felt, Fleeting, Flourishing, Four Causes, Functionality, Gist, Grace, Greeting, Grown, Happiness, Honor, Human Bengs, Human Life, Investigation, Knowledge, Learn, Least Regret, Life Well Lived, Live Well, Lyceum, Means To the Ends, Measured In Moments, Measured In Reasons, Momentary Joy, Museum, Mystery, Nourish, Pass, Passing of Years, Passing Season, Path Forward, Peace, Philosophical Inquiry, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Processes, Pure Reason, Right Conditions, Science, Self-Contained, Shelf, Spirtuality, Streets, Strife, Student, Tears, Telos, Temporary, Translated, Treasure, Truth, Veracity, Virtue, Walking Lectures, Window's Ledge, Wisdom
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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson
First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1809)
Thought For the Day: Kindness Is In Our Power Even When Fondness Is Not
“Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not.” – Henry James
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Tagged Be Kind, Fondness, Henry James, Human Life, Kindness, Our, Power, Thought For the Day
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