5 hours ago by Hassan

The last time I attended a Toastmasters club meeting, a fellow toastmaster asked a question: Why are we here in toastmasters? He then answered that we are here to improve our communication and leadership skills. Since I am interested in philosophy and psychology, I thought his answer wasn’t sufficie ...

Thoughts and Reflections - klamhassan.blogspot.com

20 hours ago by Lancelot Kirby

Reading countless books on dramatic writing one is constantly reminded: “Plays are not literature. A play is nothing by it's self, it must be preformed to be complete.” And yet, many people, including myself, have enjoyed reading plays as literature with no difficulty seeing the theater in our mind' ...

Polymath From Portsmouth - polymathfromportsmouth.blogspot.com · 4 references

1 day ago by dwbulla

Aristotle, on the best way to judge the truth “To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.”

The First Amendment Blog - dwbulla.wordpress.com · 3 references

1 day ago by G.B. Sadler

Those who have come across posts from my Facebook author page, my Twitter feed, or my other blog Virtue Ethics Digest, know that I have a penchant for pointing out instances where results of research publicized by putatively cutting-edge brain scientists, psychologists, or other cognitive and social ...

Orexis Dianoētikē - gbsadler.blogspot.com · 1 reference

1 day ago by birddroppings

Bird Droppings February 11, 2012 Greed could be our downfall “That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.” Henry David Thoreau We watch the news and heads of states and heads of companies fall midst the economic crisis. All the while wealth is disappearing I am told. I recall back in 2 ...

The daily meanderings of a ... - birddroppings.me · 8 references

1 day ago by Gregg Hake

“ For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.” ~ Aristotle Your integrity is based entirely on the degree to which you maintain an orientation in truth. If you are concerned about your integrity, the truth must come before friends, family, country o ...

Gregg Hake's Blog - gregghake.com · 34 references

2 days ago by lynnegentry

I watched this video of a blind, Autistic boy sing ”Open the Eyes of My Heart” and bawled like a baby. Why? This child’s faith, his determination, his joy at life tapped my pathos. His struggles made an emotional connection with me. I dare you to watch and not be touched. Why does it matter if this ...

STAGE WRITE with Lynne ... - lynnegentry.wordpress.com · 5 references

2 days ago by lukasverburgt

On the 16th of February Oystein Linnebo (Birbeck, University of London) will give a Zeno-lecture at the University of Utrecht on the relation between Aristotle and Cantor in terms of their conceptualization of the role of the mathematical infinite. From their website: ‘Aristotle famously distinguish ...

Lukas Verburgt's Blog - lukasverburgt.com · 2 references

2 days ago by TC

Released in the tail end of the 2011, Asher Roth’s Pabst & Jazz technically missed its shot at being on a lot of year end lists but in my unhumble [...]

The Smoking Section - smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS · 702 references

2 days ago by Rhys Tranter

Philosopher shares his current obsession Greek vase depicting a production of Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis In a post for The Believer, Simon Critchley shares his latest obsession for Greek tragedy (link via ReadySteadyBook): 'I have always tended to work obsessively on one topic at a time to the ex ...

A Piece of Monologue: ... - apieceofmonologue.com · Rank: 14,969 · 139 references