Rule of Law

An unjust law is no law at all, said Augustine. All of us, then, have a duty to resist them. By not doing so we cause an inheritance of the misunderstanding of law to persist. In this type of system, it is not long before the concept of Justice is lost in the minds of individuals forever.

Discord

Although owing to the envy inherent in man's nature it has always been no less dangerous to discover new ways and methods than to set off in search of new seas and unknown lands because most men are much more ready to belittle than to praise another's action, none the less, impelled by the natural desire I have always had to labor, regardless of anything, on that which I believe to be for the common benefit of all, I have decided to enter upon a new way, as yet untrodden by anyone else. And, even if it entails a tiresome and difficult task, it may yet reward me in that there are those who will look kindly on the purpose of these my labors. And if my poor ability, my limited experience of current affairs, my feeble knowledge of history, should render my efforts imperfect and of little worth, they may none the less point the way for another of greater ability, capacity for analysis, and judgment, who will achieve my ambition; which if it does not earn me praise, should not earn me reproaches.


Time Begins
-Ambitudo a Mortis-

Journeys

Life is a journey, it is important to not only recognize this concept as a cliche or ideal, but as an actual truth. One must be willing to take the first steps of their journey, without influence, without fear, and without any regret.

Ideas

The world is an idea. Reality and ideas are not polar, but one and the same.

Accountability

Humans have made their own world, and still refuse the responsibility for it.
Always remember responsibility for your actions right or wrong; accountability through introspection are the keys to virtue.

Gorgias

1. Nothing exists;
2. Even if something exists, nothing can be known about it; and
3. Even if something could be known about it, knowledge about it can't be communicated to others.

Featured Painting

Napoleon Crossing the Alps,
by Jacques-Louis David.

Judgments

When one judges a person, it is not merely an assumption or an observation. It is a judgment about the person's Being, who they are in their absolute singularity, and with judgments come consequences. If one must make judgments, it should be done so with certainty, for the risk of not doing so is too great.

Holy

We have killed every person who has appeared in the world to tell us the Truth. Men say they love humanity, but once they see a man, once seeing the man's face for the first time; he hates him and despises him. And so, when man sees this other man for the first time, he instantly realizes how much he hates him, so much so that he must kill him. Man does not want to see the face of the other man. He wants to love humanity. But when that other man shows his face, and forces the man to look, he sees and realizes he has never loved humanity, he has never loved the world. And the man can not take it, he must believe what he has been told, the man who's face he has first seen must be lying to him, he won't stop lying, and he must quiet him. So the man must kill him, he must kill him so he may love humanity.

The Want

Seek what you truly want, not what others want; or, what others tell you you should want. There will always be another thing to want, and in that case you will never be content.

Featured Poem

This time an Ancient one by the Roman poet Horace.

Leuconoe, don't ask — it's dangerous to know —
what end the gods will give me or you. Don't play with Babylonian
fortune-telling either. Better just deal with whatever comes your way.
Whether you'll see several more winters or whether the last one
Jupiter gives you is the one even now pelting the rocks on the shore with the waves
of the Tyrrhenian sea — be smart, drink your wine. Scale back your long hopes
to a short period. Even as we speak, envious time
is running away from us. Seize the day, trusting little in the future.

Dogs and Men

"There's nothing funny in nature, however funny it may seem to man with his prejudices. If dogs could reason and criticize us they'd be sure to find just as much that would be funny to them, if not far more, in the social relations of men, their masters-far more, indeed. I repeat that, because I am convinced that there is far more foolishness among us."
-Fyodor Dostoevsky

Love?

An interesting video of the Philosopher Jacques Derrida speaking on one of the eternal questions.

A Thought

The world is made up of facts; our language of beliefs.

New Year

A message for this New Year. One should never set goals merely because one cycle is at an end and another is beginning. Goals should be always growing, always changing, and each day must be a step in reaching them. The trivialities of this world must always be ignored and the eyes must always be focused on the things which are truly there. Therefore, I believe it to be true that any goal made because of any sort of consequence, for any sort of personal gain, is worthless. Seek the things because they must be, because you have no other choice than to seek them, because it is right to do so in its own rightness. I hope everyone a good New Year.
-The Author
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