Tag Archives: Knowledge

A Photographic Means

Posted on April 1, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Photographic Means(Dedicated to Berenice Abbott)To widen our knowledgeOf a world seen through camera’s eyeIt’s truly something to acknowledgeAn acquaintance of truth that will not dieThough it does sometimes fadeawayIn the meantime, it teaches us of todayThere’s an education in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If Virtue and Knowledge Are Diffused Among the People, They Will Never Be Enslaved. This Will Be Their Great Security

Posted on March 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams (1779)

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Sowell

Posted on February 24, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Sowellby Michael DoyleConstrainedOr unconstrainedThe views of mankindAre a spectrumIn which we findTwo pathsOf social theoryKnowledge of the decisionsThat make up an economyFactored in their controversyThe question Needed to be answeredIs what truly helps anyone?What makes for improvementImproves the world for … Continue reading →

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Sins of My Father Remembered

Posted on February 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Sins of My Father Rememberedby Michael DoyleShadowed in doubtTrapped within rootsOn a planet ringed by orbitalsSeeking, search for any way outLooking for any solution that contributesToward escaping the controlsIn the Hotel NevermoreIs a bottle of tearsFor all the lost waysWatch … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If Virtue and Knowledge Are Diffused Among the People, The Will Never Be Enslaved. This Will Be Their Great Security

Posted on February 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.” – Samuel Adams (1779)

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A Republic To Be Kept

Posted on February 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Republic To Be Keptby Michael DoyleStart then as it were with a nameWhat we will call out as informationThen like chess parts to the gameWe provide definition in affirmationWhat does this take in its inflectionTo voice what it is … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Popular Government, Without Popular Information, Or the Means of Acquiring It, Is But A Prologue to A Farce Or A Tragedy; Or, Perhaps Both

Posted on December 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If We Would Have New Knowledge, We Must Get Us A Whole World of New Questions

Posted on December 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If we would have new knowledge, we must get us a whole world of new questions.” -Susanne Langer, philosopher (20 Dec 1895-1985)

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First Principles: Law and Liberty Cannot Rationally Become the Objects of Our Love, Unless They First Become the Objects of Our Knowledge

Posted on December 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Law and liberty cannot rationally become the objects of our love, unless they first become the objects of our knowledge.” – -James Wilson, Of the Study of the Law in the United States, 1790

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First Principles: Knowledge Will Forever Govern Ignorance, and A People Who Mean To Be Their Own Governors, Must Arm Themselves With the Power Knowledge Gives

Posted on November 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.” – James Madison

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