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ridiculous (Kaletka, Masuria, Poland, 2008)
The length or shortness of our duration, if we compare it with eternity, or yet with the duration of mountains, rivers, stars, trees, and even of some animals, is no less ridiculous. Michel de Montaig… more →
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Montaigne - Fear
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The Division of Gravity
wrote 1 day ago: “I know what I’m fleeing from but not what i am in search of” Michel De Montaigne. … more →
Becoming a Self-Cultivating Teacher
wrote 5 days ago: A cartoon on my facebook wall shows a student asking his teacher in plain curiosity, “If a single te … more →
Static
wrote 1 week ago: I have to wonder how people view stability in our world today. It would seem that they both over-val … more →
nature herself (Warsaw, Poland, 2007)
wrote 1 week ago: (…) Nature herself lends us her hand and gives us courage. If it is a quick and violent death, … more →
Montaigne
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wrote 1 week ago: “He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.” Mi … more →
that happens only once (Zurich, Lake Zurich, Alps, Switzerland, 2010)
wrote 2 weeks ago: As our birth brought us the birth of all things, so will our death bring us the death of all things. … more →
that the culture of the book is dead; that the solitude of the mind is dead.
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Originally written as a response to noirrealism, so forgive the odd reference to MMOs that might see … more →
A Happy Wedding
wrote 2 weeks ago: “A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.” **Michel de Montaign … more →
#11- How to Live or A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Michel de Montaigne, HBIC What’s It About: A comprehensive biography of the founder of modern … more →
What do I know?
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wrote 2 weeks ago: William Hazlitt remarked on the subject of Montaigne that he was the ’first to have the courag … more →
ridiculous (Kaletka, Masuria, Poland, 2008)
wrote 2 weeks ago: The length or shortness of our duration, if we compare it with eternity, or yet with the duration of … more →
The greatest thing…
wrote 3 weeks ago: The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. – Michel de Montaigne … more →
The baser beasts (Part I)
wrote 3 weeks ago: After the battle subsided we packed up and left. The smells of that place became the only smells in … more →
Carlyle, from Heroes and Hero-Worship
wrote 3 weeks ago: It is well said, in every sense, that a man’s religion is the chief fact with regard to him. A … more →
How I Did Research For 3 New York Times Bestselling Authors (In My Spare Time)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m going to talk about research. No, research is not very fun, and it’s never glamorous, but it mat … more →
inevitable (Jacek, Okuninka, Poland, 2007)
wrote 3 weeks ago: And since we are threatened by so many kinds of death, is there not more pain in fearing them all th … more →
surprise (Okuninka, Poland, 2007)
wrote 4 weeks ago: How many ways has death to surprise us! Michel de Montaigne „Essays” part “That to philosophize is t … more →
premeditation of freedom (Jacek, Okuninka, Poland, 2007)
wrote 4 weeks ago: It is uncertain where death awaits us; let us await it everywhere. Premeditation of death is premedi … more →
