Reality Today...

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be - like the reality of yesterday - an illusion tomorrow.-Pirandello

The Beats

I went one afternoon to the church of my childhood and had a vision of what I must have really meant with "Beat"... the vision of the word Beat as being to mean beatific... People began to call themselves beatniks, beats, jazzniks, bopniks, bugniks and finally I was called the "avatar" of all this.
"The Origins of the Beat Generation" in Playboy (June 1959)

Modus Ponens

Modus ponens is a very common rule of inference, and takes the following form:

If P, then Q.
P.
Therefore, Q.

Working in Revelations

I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once that far down, everyone will understand because they are the same that far down.-Kerouac

Structuralism

Proponents of structuralism would argue that a specific domain of culture may be understood by means of a structure—modelled on language—that is distinct both from the organizations of reality and those of ideas or the imagination—the "third order

The Joy of Being Unfortunate

‘You are unfortunate in my judgement, for you have never been unfortunate. You have passed through life with no antagonist to face you; no one will know what you were capable of, not even you yourself.’ For a man needs to be put
to the test if he is to gain self-knowledge; only by trying does he learn what his capacities are.


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Value of Life ...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.-Aristotle


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What does this mean?

Yet the market economy is not as unchangeable as the laws of the Medes and the Persians in the book of Daniel?--FT Editorial - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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Better Late than Never

Time Management- Better Late than Never is better than Never #Dreams


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The New Adventure

There is always a shortage of creative and intelligent people. Embrace the unique. Live for adventure. Leave behind the mediocre. Face realities and turn challenges into dreams.


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Perfect Political Community

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.-Aristotle


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