It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. | |
— Aristotle | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Is #45 Warning Alabama Again? |
Day 11: 49ers Win | |
2018 | Worry (x2) |
2017 | Still Working |
Gold In The Morning Sun | |
2016 | Power Inside |
2015 | Sometimes I Feel Small |
2014 | It Slipped Away |
2013 | Corollary |
2012 | Working Retired |
2011 | The Web Is Not Authoritative! (Really?) |
Posts Tagged ‘Aristotle’
Give Me A Minute To Think About That…
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Aristotle, Education, Mind, Philosophy, Quotes, Thoughts on September 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The Right Anger
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Anger, Aristotle, Personal Power, Philosophy, Quotes on March 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Anybody can become angry — that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time and for the right purpose and in the right way — that is not within everybody’s power. | |
— Aristotle | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Does Fatalism Equal Mental Health? |
2017 | Choice |
2016 | Growing Worlds |
2015 | Change The Tide |
Martyr, n. | |
2014 | You, Too! |
2013 | Bitter Stand |
2012 | Lost For Words |
2011 | On Market Reactions… |
Start By Trying
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Aristotle, Doing, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes on July 31, 2018| Leave a Comment »
What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing. | |
— Aristotle | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Outlasting Division |
2016 | Said The Man Who Trained To Fight For A Living |
2015 | Tripping On Treasure |
2014 | The Flower Of Light |
2013 | Eye Catching |
2012 | The Holstee Manifesto |
2011 | Three Crooners For The Shower |
The Soldier’s Faith | |
Vacation, Books And Lots Of Movies | |
The Best Of Circumstances
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Aristotle, Chance, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes on December 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. | |
— Aristotle | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | Reverberating Silence |
2014 | Wrong Again? |
2013 | Improper Faith |
2012 | One More Rung |
2011 | Sunday Morning Earlies (Hugging trees and smiling…) |
Hurry | |
Updates On Life | |
2010 | It’s Gettin’ Deep In Here |
Sometimes I Wonder About Things
Posted in Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Aristotle, On Being Educated, On Thought, Quotes on September 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. | |
― Aristotle | |
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On This Day In: | |
2014 | Still Racing |
2013 | Anew |
2012 | Make Both |
2011 | Are You Happy Yet? |
Righteous Anger
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Aristotle, My Journal, On Anger, Quotes on June 4, 2014| 2 Comments »
Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy. | |
— Aristotle | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | An Irish Blessing |
2012 | But Is It Worth It? |
2011 | Let Us Start |
Well Hard
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Aristotle, My Journal, On Brain Power, On Softness, On Strength, Quotes on June 2, 2014| 4 Comments »
Our love of things of the mind does not make us soft. | |
— Aristotle | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Because I Can |
Eloquence, n. | |
2012 | Why Bother? |
2011 | Peculiar Notions |
Two For One
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, My Journal, Quotes, tagged Aristotle, My Journal, On Friendship, Quotes on April 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Seven Causes
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Anger, Appetite, Aristotle, Chance, Compulsion, Habit, Nature, Philosophy, Quotes, Reasoning, The Seven Causes on August 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Every action must be due to one or the other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite. | |
— Aristotle | |
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Habit Forming
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Aristotle, Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes on June 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. | |
— Aristotle | |
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