Forwarded from The way of the warrior
There are three things which the superior man guards against.
In youth, when his physical powers are not yet settled, he guards against lust.
When he becomes strong and the physical powers are full of vigor, he guards against rage.
When he turns old, and his physical powers have decayed, he guards against greed.
~ Confucius
In youth, when his physical powers are not yet settled, he guards against lust.
When he becomes strong and the physical powers are full of vigor, he guards against rage.
When he turns old, and his physical powers have decayed, he guards against greed.
~ Confucius
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Forwarded from Ghost of de Maistre
"Thus Aquinas departs from Aristotle and instead follows Plato and Plotinus in arguing that the first principle cannot, like Aristotle’s unmoved mover, be pure form or idea, what both Plato and Aristotle call οὐσία, that is, being-as-intelligible-form, but must rather be higher than and prior to form. Throughout this tradition ‘form’ in the strict and proper sense indicates ‘whatness.’ If, therefore, like Aristotle, we confine ourselves to asking “What is being?” (Met. Ζ.1, 1028b3–4), we need look no further than form as the ultimate explanatory principle. But as soon as, like Plotinus and Aquinas, we ask not merely what beings are but why there are beings, we find ourselves compelled to look beyond form, to a principle not merely of whatness but of existence." - Dr. Eric D. Perl, "Thinking Being: Introduction to Metaphysics in the Classical Tradition", p. 162
Forwarded from DukeOfDurham 🦌
A nation without forests and open country would be one big prison. Urbanisation always leads to enslavement, first the mind and then the body.