Nov 20, 2019 | Wednesday Quotes
“After the sufferings of many years of violence and oppression, the human soul longs for things higher, warmer, and purer than those offered by today’s mass living habits introduced by the revolting invasion of publicity, by TV stupor, and by intolerable music.”...
Sep 4, 2019 | The Leisure Question, Wednesday Quotes
“And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure…” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Most of us can benefit from taking some time to think about the nature of leisure and its place in our lives. Let us begin with a distinction to...
Jan 23, 2019 | Learning How to See Again, Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
“There does exist something like visual noise, which just like the acoustical counterpart, makes clear perception impossible. One might perhaps presume the TV watchers, tabloid readers, and movie goers exercise and sharpen their eyes. But the opposite is true. The...
Sep 30, 2015 | Articles, Ethika Politika, Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“As I must repeat again, the first principle of all action is leisure. Both are required, but leisure is better than occupation and is its end.” — Aristotle, Politics VIII Life is about leisure. This statement sounds odd to our ears. But if we understand leisure, and...
Feb 11, 2015 | True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“But among barbarians no distinction is made between women and slaves…” Aristotle, Politics Barbarians can be accused of a number of things, but presumably they cannot be accused of considering themselves civilized. Nor did they see themselves as a society in which...
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