Daily Archives: April 10, 2018

Dante’s PURGATORY, Canto 16: WE NEED JUST LEADERS

https://pixabay.com/en/money-dollars-success-business-1428594/ *** WE NEED JUST LEADERS *** Leaders: role models People imitate leaders Bad creates more bad *** NOTE: Bad leaders create an environment in which it is difficult for people to use their Free Will to do the right … Continue reading

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David Bruce: Mishaps Anecdotes

Photo: Jayne Mansfield with jockeys Johnny Longden, Eddie Arcaro and Willie Shoemaker at Jockeys’ Ball in Los Angeles, Calif., 1957 The greatest jockey ever was Willie Shoemaker, and the jockey who made the biggest blooper ever was also Willie Shoemaker. … Continue reading

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NOTES on David Hume (1711-1776): Doubts About Natural Theology

David Hume (1711-1776) One of the greatest critical forces in modern philosophy is David Hume (1711-1776). Not only was he critical about such things as whether causality truly exists, he was critical about religion. In “On Miracles,” in An Enquiry … Continue reading

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Lao-Tzu: #2 — When people see things as beautiful, ugliness is created.

2   When people see things as beautiful, ugliness is created. When people see things as good, evil is created.   Being and non-being produce each other. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short define each other. High … Continue reading

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