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Thought For the Day: Seek First To Understand
“I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.” – Confucius, in The Analects To master life with grace it must be that you seek to understand others more and … Continue reading
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – That to Philosophise Is to Learne How to Die – Montaigne
“Que sçay-je?” “What do I know?” – Montaigne, in an Apology for Raymond Sebond Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Lord of Montaigne lived from February 28, 1533 through September 13, 1592. Considered one of the significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Essais, Harvard Classics, Life, Montaigne, That to Philosophise Is to Learne How to Die, Truth, Wisdom
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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
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Continue
Despite stacks and stacks of dog-eared books Well principled gestures, words, even dirty looks The quest for this thing called wisdom goes on and on It sometimes leaves me thinking it’s a once upon A beginning of mankind’s most convincing … Continue reading
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First Principles: Do Not Squander Time
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin Wiser words were seldom said by anyone than by one of the persons in history that I admire … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Wisdom Frames Knowledge Into Being Useful
“Wisdom is the central form which gives meaning and position to all the facts which are acquired by knowledge, the digestion and assimilation of whatever in the material world the man comes in contact with.” – Northrop Frye, in Fearful Symmetry: … Continue reading
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Tagged Assimilation, Contact, Facts, In Fearful Symmetry, Knowledge, Material, Meaning, Northrop Frye, Position, William Blake, Wisdom
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First Principles: Acquiring Knowledge and Wisdom Is Necessary to Self-Government
“Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power, and to withhold from them information without which power is abused. A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with power which knowledge gives. A … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Free Speech Is the Greatest Freedom
“I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Fools, Free Speech, Freedom, Safety, Wisdom, Woodrow T Wilson
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Thought For the Day: Prayer Is the Final and Best Answer
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.” – Abraham Lincoln Many is the time … Continue reading
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