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Thought For the Day: The First Principle of Society Consists In the Marriage Tie, the Next In Children, the Next In A Family Within One Roof
“The first principle of society consists in the marriage tie, the next in children, the next in a family within one roof, where everything is in common. This society gives rise to the city, and is, as it were, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, City, Commonwealth, Family, First Principles, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marriage Tie, Nursey, Roof, Society
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First Principles: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Nor Our Property, Can Be Protected
“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, … Continue reading
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Tagged Fail, First Principles, Free, Impartial, Joseph Story, Justice, Law, Persons, Principles, Property, Protected, Remedy, Rights, Society, Tenure, Value
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Lies, Shapes, and Cheating AI
Lies, Shapes, and Cheating AIby Michael DoyleWhat an academic year it must truly have beenIt is good to not be professor or have to defendChecking integrity with AI for the use of AITurning the shape of cheating AI is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Year, Account, Ai-Generated Systems, Algorithms, Blame, Blunder, Certainty, Chasing Dollars, Chatbots, Cheated, Cheating AI, Churn, Clever, College, College Is For Learning, Correction, Cracks, Defeeated, Defend, Degrees, Difference, Doubt, Earning, Ed-Tech, False Delivery, Game, Grades, Guessing, Human Endeavor, Impossible, Indistinguishable, Integrity, Learn, Learning, Lies, Loss of Revenue, Opt Out, Paper Chase, Poetry and Poems, Positive Identifications, Professionalized, Professor, Proficiency, Rationalized, Reach, Scam, Schools, Shapes, Society, Spellcheck, Stomachs, Struggle, Teach, Teaching, Tectonic Shifts, Turnitin, Twisted
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First Principles: The Virtues of Men Are of More Consequence To Society Than Their Abilities
“The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities; and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.” – Noah Webster (1788)
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Tagged Abilities, Assiduity, Consequence, Cultitvate, First Principles, Head, Heart, Mankind, Noah Webster, Reason, Society, Virtues
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First Principles: Marriage Is In Its Origin A Contract of Natural Law. It Is the Parent, and Not the Child of Society; the Source of Civility, and A Sort of Seminary of the Republic
“Marriage is … in its origin a contract of natural law. … It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic.” – Justice Joseph Story (1833)
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Tagged Child, Civility, Contract, First Principles, Joseph Story, Marriage, Natural Law, Origin, Parent, Republic, Seminary, Society, Source
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First Principles: One Single Object Will Merit the Endless Gratitude of the Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation
“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward Livingston, 1825
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Tagged Endless Gratitude, First Principles, Judges, Legislatioin, Merit, Restrain, Single Object, Society, Thomas Jefferson, Usurp
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First Principles: As Riches Increase and…Luxury Prevails In Society, Virtue Will Be…Considered As Only A Graceful Appendage
“As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful appendage of wealth, and the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: One of the Undeniable Objectives of Wokeism Is To Disrupt Current Systems, Crippling Society By Eliminating the Common Ground of Facts
“One of the undeniable objectives of wokeism is to disrupt current systems, crippling society by eliminating the common ground of facts and replacing it with ideas that can and will cause constant conflict. This is no longer a battle between … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternate Universe, Battle, Boundaries, Common Ground, Constant Conflict, Crippling Sosciety, Current Systems, Disrupt, Facts, Foundation of Realism, Govern, Human Beings, Human Rights and Law, No Limits, Prosperity, Samantha Koch, Sane and the Insane, Society, Think and Feel, Thought For the Day, Undeniable Objective, Wokeism
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Thought For the Day: At Least One Way of Measuring the Freedom of Any Society Is the Amount of Comedy That Is Permitted
“At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some … Continue reading
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Tagged Amount, Comedy, Eric Idle, Freedom, Healthy Society, Measure, One Way, Permit, Repress, Satire, Society, Thought For the Day
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