Sunday Thoughts 018
Sixteen Weeks. A lot happens in sixteen weeks. My trailer house is almost finished and I will be able to become a roving resident of these fair isles. My bliss … Read more
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Liberty “I am a fanatic lover of liberty, considering it as the unique condition under which intelligence, dignity and human happiness can develop and grow; “not the purely formal liberty … Read more
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Democracy and Hierarchy In the West there is a growing concern about the very existence of Democracy but few attempts to understand the root cause, other than “follow the money”. … Read more
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The Freedom of Naming Things Nouns give us freedom. They allow us to capture a whole lot of stuff, mostly adjectives, verbs and adverbs in a single word. They conjure … Read more
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Anarchism and the Individual Anarchy is much maligned – it always has been. By those in power and those who need external power to guide them. It does not mean … Read more
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Bigotry Someone much, much smarter than most of us made the observation that intelligence is partly measured by the ability to hold two opposing thoughts simultaneously. Or something like that…. … Read more
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Putting the Individual at the Centre of Everything We all say, “I” We are all individuals We are this first After this, We are members of a group By sex, … Read more
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Willpower and Individuality Part 3 of 3 The closing words of Part 2 said: “And the failure to do so? As individuals, in terms of unfulfilled lives? Being caught in … Read more
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Willpower and Individuality Part 2 The closing words of Part 1: “… does not mean less ego or less will or trance-like consciousness. It means more.” Now, the gentle irony … Read more
Sunday Thoughts 009
Willpower and Individuality Part 1 We talk, write, read about agency, about the power of the individual spirit, about raising consciousness. And a whole lot of other stuff, vaguely related. … Read more