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Thought For the Day: The Wit and Wisdom Found In Writing Is As Much Ours
“There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.” – Pierre Bayle, philosopher and writer (1647-1706) This super-skeptic found that in … Continue reading
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Tagged Application, Author, Philosophy, Pierre Bayle, Reader, Thought, Toleration, Wisdom, Wit
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Thought For the Day: The Struggle For Truth Is Hard But Worthy
“On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, … Continue reading
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Tagged Effort, Friedrich Nietzsche, Journey, Mountain, Philosophy, Struggle, Thought For the Day, Training, Truth
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Of the Origin of Ideas – David Hume
Born on May 7, 1711, David Hume, was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist until his passing on August 25, 1776. He is best known today for his system of empiricism, skepticism and naturalism. Hume proved very influential … Continue reading
Sneaking Suspicion
Would it be a wake up call If you tried to learn it all And realized there was more to know Thank you ever really could Would it be an ethical death row To live your life striving to do … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarity, Confusion, Contemplation, Ethics, Explore, Fool's Gold, Heaven, Hell, Light, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Questioning, Tomorrow
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1000 Posts!!
Hoping that I’ve had something worthwhile to share with everyone along the way!! Quite the milestone right? I wanted to apologize for not keeping up the normal amount of posts in the last few days. Not an excuse, but, things … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, Celebration, Future, Gratitude, Milestone, Philosophy, Poetry, Thought For the Day
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Harvard Classics – The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
We have previously discussed both Marcus Aurelius and his work The Meditations to some extent, particularly as this pertained to Book 5. This examination begins with Book 1. Please refer back to the prior post for the additional background information. … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, History, Marcus Aurelius, Philosophy, Stoicism, The Meditations
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Thought For the Day: Honor Excellence
“We must learn to honor excellence in every socially accepted human activity, however humble the activity, and to scorn shoddiness, however exalted the activity. An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society that scorns excellence … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountability, Excellence, Honor, Humble, John W Gardner, Philosophy, Shoddiness, Society, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Thoughts (Pensees) – Blaise Pascal
“If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We are then incapable of knowing either what He is or if He is….” The Pensees (“Thoughts”) is an unfinished … Continue reading
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Tagged Aplogetics, Belief, Blaise Pascal, Christianity, Defense, Harvard Classics, Pensees, Philosophy, The Thoughts, Theology, Unbelief
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Letters on the English – Voltaire
Letters On the English or in French Lettres Philosophiques is a series of essays from Voltaire based on his time living in England from 1726 through 1729. These essays were first published in 1733 and are sometimes compared and contrasted with … Continue reading
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Tagged England, Essays, France, Harvard Classics, Letters On the English, Philosophy, Voltaire
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Be like a rocky promontory against which the restless surf continually pounds; it stands fast while the churning sea is lulled to sleep at its feet. I hear you say, “How unlucky that this should happen to me!” Not at … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, Marcus Aurelius, Philosophy, Rome, Stoicism, The Meditations
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