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First Principles: Our Constitution Is Based On the Wisdom of the Ages
“In the formation of our constitution the wisdom of all ages is collected — the legislators of antiquity are consulted, as well as the opinions and interests of the millions who are concerned. It short, it is an empire of … Continue reading
First Principles: Trying Times Take Courage To Facedown
THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man … Continue reading
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Tagged Courage, Crisis, First Principles, Preserverance, Reason, Strength, The American Crisis, Thomas Paine
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Short Form Poetry Workshop: Pleaides – Conserve
The Short Form Poetry Workshop this evening pertained to a New Zealand form of poetry called a Pleiades. What is a Pleiades? • Invented in 1999 by Craig Tigerman, Sol Magazine’s Lead Editor. • a single seven-line stanza. • Only … Continue reading
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Tagged Balanced, Common Sense, Conserve, Pleaides, Poem, Reason, Short Form Poetry, Stewardship
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First Principles: Our Republic Is Predicated on Christian Tolerance
“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Faith, First Principles, Founding Fathers, Patrick Henry, Public Square, Reason, Republic, Tolerance
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Thought For the Day: Good Books With Purpose Should Be Censored With Care
“As good, almost, kill a man as kill a good book.” – John Milton This work may be read in its entirety here: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/areopagitica/text.html Or listened to here:
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Tagged Areopagitica, Book, Censorship, John Milton, Kill, Man, Reason, Thought For the Day
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Thought For The Day: God Endowed Us With Reason; Use It
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” – Galileo Galilei A lot of people assume, and probably because they … Continue reading
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Tagged Galileo Galilei, God, Intellect, Obligations, Reason, Sense
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First Principles: The Importance of Resting Questions On Available Evidence
“In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788) Relevant discussion of any allegations made against anyone else depends on first obtaining the primary evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamitlon, Disquisitions, Federalist Papers, Inquiries, Primary Truths, Reason, Reasonableness
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Thought of the Day: Authority Through Reason
The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason. -Mary Wollstonecraft, reformer and writer (27 Apr 1759-1797) The above quote is taken from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). This book may … Continue reading
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Tagged A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Authority, Rational, Reason, Virtuous
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