I tore myself from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for the truth; and truth rewarded me. | |
— Simone de Beauvoir | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Prepare For The 2020 Election |
2018 | Why #45 Is Uncivil And Sinking |
Ole! … Ole, Ole, Ole | |
Is This Still The United States Of America? | |
2017 | Go Where? |
2016 | Returning To The Same Box |
2015 | The Hunter’s Music |
2014 | Dedication |
2013 | Unhappy Alternatives |
2012 | Implications |
2011 | Never Let Us Down |
Posts Tagged ‘Simone de Beauvoir’
Still Tearing, Still Being Rewarded
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Certainty, Comfort, Philosophy, Quotes, Simone de Beauvoir, Truth on May 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth; and truth rewarded me. | |
— Simone de Beauvoir | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Nothing More, Nothing Less |
2017 | Memorial Day – 2017 |
No Wonder I’m Smiling | |
2016 | Thinking Science Fictional |
2015 | Dawn Is Coming |
2014 | Back When I Was A Firebrand |
2013 | Pen In Hand |
Word Up! | |
2012 | Disturbing |
Trying To Keep Up | |
2011 | Unreliable And Selective |
2010 | Adult-Onset Athlete |
Infinite Adventure
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Happy Birthday to me, On Death, On Infinity, On Life, On Life After Death, Philosophy, Quotes, Simone de Beauvoir on March 28, 2015| 4 Comments »
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end. | |
— Simone de Beauvoir | |
[Happy Birthday to me! Actually, I’ve found the older I get and the more brushes with death I have, the more accepting I am of my own mortality and of the greater infinite context beyond this one. But I’m nowhere near ready to start it! — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | The Air Is Thinner, But It’s A Killer View |
2021 | Staying Young While Getting Old |
Mid-Afternoon (Hopefully) | |
2020 | Still Measuring |
2019 | Living On The Couch |
Who Am I – One Interpretation | |
2018 | A Gardening Goal: Feed The Flowers |
2017 | Freakishly Happy Cowboy |
2016 | One More, Please |
2015 | Infinite Adventure |
2014 | Unpaved |
2013 | Headstones |
2012 | Keeping Young |
2011 | Lessons Well Learned |