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Descartes Third Maxim
I know of know better statement of Stoic philosophy than what follows–the 3rd maxim by which Descartes lived his life. It is truly a piece of wisdom. Three very long sentences but they are worth...
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Are We Ever at Home?
Pamela Druckerman’s recent NY Times op-ed, “An American Neurotic in Paris,” (Nov. 27, 2013) briefly describes the author’s sense of assimilating in a foreign land. She would seem to be at home there...
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Human Relationships on a Sliding Scale
Kahlil Gibran We never have perfect relationships with others. We might find that we can discuss sports or the weather with some acquaintances, but any more substantive topics get us into trouble. We...
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The Words and Wisdom of Will Durant
Will & Ariel Durant in their later years As readers of this blog know the historian and philosopher Will Durant is one of my intellectual heroes. He was not only a great scholar but a wonderful...
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The World is Full of Damaged Psyches: You Will Live Better if You Avoid Them
Let me begin by stating unequivocally that we are all flawed psyches; we are all damaged, we all deviate from psychic harmony. The world is full of damaged psyches. If we learn from experience, we soon...
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When Should We Argue?
I have touched on this topic before, but advancing age and the the finitude of life has caused me to think about this again. A few months ago my post “On Belief and Skepticism,” elicited this response...
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I’ve noticed another phenomena of not writing a post for almost two weeks now. Not only is playing good for you, as I mentioned in my last post, but I find that various ideas simmer in my head even...
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Avoiding the End of the World
Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized as Alhazen c. 965 – c. 1040) was an Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age. I received the following correspondence from a reader (a...
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