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  • History of Philosophy 115 – Me, Myself and I: Augustine on Mind and Memory (Podcast)

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Augustine explores the nature of the human mind in order to establish its similarity to, and dissimilarity from, the divine Trinity.   Source : historyofphilosophy.net See on www.historyofphilosophy.net Continue reading

  • Freedom of the Age

    “Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the age and generations which preceded it.” Thomas Paine  Source: piccsy.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles The Leisure to be Your Own… Continue reading

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  • Daodejing 22

    #22* Sacrifice the part & save the whole. Bend that to make this straight. Hollow that to make this full. That withers, this blooms. Lose that, gain this. Determined then, confused now. Thus the sages insist on the one as… Continue reading

  • Daodejing 21

    #21 Great excellence relies only on the Great Way (DAO) How does Great Way make the way? Indefinetely & vaguely. Though indefinite & vague, there are images. Though indefinite & vague, things do happen. Too small to see & too… Continue reading

  • Originally posted on sittinginthewoods: The birds may sing their presence, the squirrels may chatter, and my breath may blow steadily across this landscape, but all of these songs and motions bespeak a profound silence, a deep collecting of all time… Continue reading

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  • Many Rivers, One Foot, No Certainty

    “One can, therefore, step twice, and even innumerable times, into the same river, if the river is located by its slope, its banks, its direction, its flow, as it is by any discriminating mind-body; but one never steps twice into… Continue reading

  • Intersecting Wisdom

    “Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning – I am surely far different from what you suppose; Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal? Do you think it so easy to… Continue reading

  • Stylist Turns Ancient Hairdo Debate on Its Head

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions A hairdresser at a Baltimore salon has stuck a pin in the long-held assumptions among historians about the hairstyles of ancient Rome and Greece. See on online.wsj.com Continue reading