Quotemeal for Friday, September 28, 2018
By means of art we are sometimes sent – dimly, briefly – revelations unattainable by reason. Like that little… — Quote by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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philosophy
Quotemeal for Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to… — Quote by Author Unknown
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wisdom
Quotemeal for Thursday, September 20, 2018
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. — Quote by G. K. Chesterton
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On facts, values, rationality and stories: Part III of Response to Harris
The world can be validly construed as forum for action, or as place of things.
— Read on jordanbpeterson.com/philosophy/on-facts-values-rationality-and-stories/
Camus’ rejection of tyranny is worth remembering today – UnHerd
Camus’ rejection of tyranny is worth remembering today – UnHerd
— Read on unherd.com/2018/09/camus-rejection-tyranny-worth-remembering-today/
Emphasize Curiosity, Not Memorization – Heterodox Academy
Forced memorization, testing on trivia, etc. are the antithesis of curiosity and free expression, which are central to our goals of promoting heterodoxy.
— Read on heterodoxacademy.org/curiosity-over-forced-memorization/
How post-modernism killed America’s morality – UnHerd
How post-modernism killed America’s morality – UnHerd
— Read on unherd.com/2018/09/david-foster-wallace-knew-irony-sabotaging-americas-soul/
Knowledge For Its Own Sake – The Imaginative Conservative
What strikes me is that the capacity to choose to do things for their own sakes defines a free people. The highest arts of the mind, most freely pursued, as our whole tradition has recognized until lately, are paradoxically the most useful of all… (essay by Glenn Arbery)
— Read on www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2018/08/knowledge-for-own-sake-glenn-arbery.html
Knowledge For Its Own Sake – The Imaginative Conservative
What strikes me is that the capacity to choose to do things for their own sakes defines a free people. The highest arts of the mind, most freely pursued, as our whole tradition has recognized until lately, are paradoxically the most useful of all… (essay by Glenn Arbery)
— Read on www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2018/08/knowledge-for-own-sake-glenn-arbery.html
Free Intelligent Conversation in the Classroom – Heterodox Academy
“Free Intelligent Conversation” is a movement for those interested in learning from everyone they encounter. Its methods can also be used in the classroom.
— Read on heterodoxacademy.org/free-intelligent-conversation/
John Barleycorn 
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