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burningvelvet · 6 months

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Powerful women from the classical world + excerpt of a letter from Lord Byron to Thomas Moore describing his lover Margarita Cogni (Venice, September 19th, 1818):

“I wish you a good night, with a Venetian benediction, ‘Benedetto te, e la terra che ti fara!’ — ‘May you be blessed, and the earth which you will make!’ — is it not pretty? You would think it still prettier if you had heard it, as I did two hours ago, from the lips of a Venetian girl, with large black eyes, a face like Faustina’s, and the figure of a Juno — tall and energetic as a Pythoness, with eyes flashing, and her dark hair streaming in the moonlight — one of those women who may be made any thing. I am sure if I put a poniard into the hand of this one, she would plunge it where I told her, — and into me, if I offended her. I like this kind of animal, and am sure that I should have preferred Medea to any woman that ever breathed.”

The mythical and historical allusions:

In Roman myth, Juno was Queen of the Gods as well as a military figure often depicted armed. In Greek myth, Medea was a sorceress who gets revenge against her unfaithful husband through murdering their children and his lover. Although “Pythoness” could refer to demonic witches in other uses, Byron is using it here as another name for Pythia or the Oracle of Delphi, a divine priestess and the most powerful female office in the ancient world.

Faustina is either a reference to the Younger or the Elder. Faustina the Younger was the wife of Marcus Aurelius; he revered her so much that he gave her enormous power, although later historians (probably falsely) accused her of being a murderer and adulteress. Faustina the Elder was the adoptive mother of Marcus Aurelius and was one of the most beloved Roman women in history, whose coinage often features Juno.

Byron's life and writing in context:

When he was living abroad in self-exile, Byron often sought to entertain his friends back home by sharing his adventures in lurid detail. His vivid letters became well-read throughout the 1800s, and are considered some of his best writing. Travel writing and adventure stories were extremely popular in the 19th century, and even most of Byron’s fiction champions these themes. Living abroad and traveling became marketable parts of Byron's celebrity. He blended his own experiences into his work, and chief among these were his romantic experiences.

Shelley once compared Byron to the Greek myth of Circe when writing in a letter about Byron's excessive amount of pets. Circe was known for seducing men and turning them into animals who roamed around her palace. Like a witch or an alchemist, Byron frequently transformed his lovers into characters through his writing. Like countless others, Margarita Cogni was mythically immortalized through the writer's description of her. She and Byron's other Venetian lovers have become part of the wider Romantic era mythology tradition, like the constantly retold tales of Mary Shelley's invention of Frankenstein, Percy Shelley's drowning, and John Keats' love for Fanny Brawne.

By using references to classical women in this letter Byron is not only paying tribute to mythology, history, and the Italian landscape in a way that his foreign audience would find tantalizing, but he is also exploring romanticized notions of classical female beauty which are at turns conventional and unconventional. He channels the gothic sublime through the otherworldly power and danger these women all represent, as well as channeling more traditional concepts of feminine strength rooted in modesty, beauty, and passivity. Byron creates poetic contradictions.

Just as he famously describes himself as “changeable, being everything by turns and nothing long,” he utilizes paradox and inconstance in his writing, such as in this satirical formulation of Margarita Cogni as the ideal lover who is both Goddess and woman, mistress and slave, contemporary and classical, masculine and feminine, wife and adulteress, murderess and murdered.

One can clearly see how this is the same chameolonic, binary-blurring poet who would go on to write the gender-bending themes of Don Juan — “If people contradict themselves, can I / Help contradicting them, and every body, / Even my veracious self?” — and who years beforehand had written She Walks in Beauty — where “all that’s best of dark and bright / Meet in her aspect and her eyes.”

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peoplecallmelucifer · 8 months

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rate my haul

Epictatus - On human freedom

Marcus Aurelius - Meditation

Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching

#book haul #book #books #philosophy

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trikis-turntables · 2 years

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Dislyte Chinese Names pt. 2

After writing my long ass post about the Chinese Espers’ names I did one for the other Espers too, here you go

Generally, the non-chinese esper names are just phonetically sinonized. Conventionally, pinyin is does not use capitalization so ignore the capitals cause i can’t be arsed to change them lol Note: most of their names are conventional Anglophone names, so there’s a corresponding conventional translation of their names, i think it’s just interesting to note that some are changed for whatever reason

5 Stars// Legendaries: Donar 多纳尔 duō nà ěr Tiye 泰伊 tài yī Lewis 刘易斯 liú yì sī Raven 瑞雯 ruì wén (notably, her name can be a common given chinese girl's name) Narmer 纳尔迈 nà ěr mài Triki 特里基 tè lǐ jī Hyde 海德 hǎi dé Biondina 翁迪娜 wēng dí nà Gabrielle 加贝莉 jiā bèi lì (note: though it would be more accurate phonetically to use 加贝尔 Jia Bei Er for Gabrielle, to keep that feminine -elle form, they used li 莉 instead cause 加贝尔 Jia Bei Er is the usual sinonized form of masculine Gabriel) Sally 萨丽 sà lì (note: 萨 Sa here is the word used in 菩萨 Pu Sa, Bodhisavatta/Buddha, possible association with the fact that she's a saintly healer figure) Ollie 奥利 Ào lì Unas 乌纳斯 wū nà sī Lucas 卢克斯 lú kè sī (usually Lucas is sinonized as 卢卡斯 Lú kǎ sī, but by using 卢克斯 lú kè sī instead, it reads as "Lux") Clara 克莱拉 Kè lái lā Cecilia 西西莉娅 xī xī lì yà (Pronounciation of Xi Xi is close to english 'sissy'; her nickname in chinese circles afaik is 西西 Sissy which i think is kinda cute) Sienna 席安娜 xí ān nà Tevor 崔佛 cuī fó (okay. so. There's not really a "Te/Tre" sound in chinese with the soft ‘e’ sound; Cui Fo is the conventional sinonization of Trevor) Ahmed 亚罕莫德 Yà hǎn mò dé (Ah- sounds are usually translated as 亚 Ya for proper names, especially in the front; another way to sinonize Ah- sound is 阿, but it risks reading the name as a nickname bc 阿- is a common way to dimunitivize someone's name) Zora 佐拉 zuǒ lā

4 Stars// Epics: Asenath 安瑟尼斯 Ān sè ní sī Djoser 左塞尔 zuǒ sài ěr (I’ve mentioned, but Djoser’s name follow CN naming convention with the surname-given name, 左 is an uncommon surname tho!) Mona 莫娜 mò nà Celine 席琳 xí lín Kara 卡拉 kǎ lā Eira 艾拉 Ài lā Falken 佛肯 fó kěn Fabrice 法布里斯 fǎ bù lǐsī Arcana 阿卡纳 Ā kǎ nà Sander 桑德 sāng dé Alexa 阿莱莎 Ā lái shā Chloe 克洛伊 kè luò yī Catherine 凯瑟琳 kǎi sè lín Pritzker 普利兹克 pǔ lì zī kè Jacob 雅格 yǎ gé (Jacob is usually translated as 雅各布 Yǎ gè bù, so it's interesting that they used 雅格 yǎ gé, which reads more as Jager) Lynn 琳恩 lín ēn (also can be a common cn girl given name) Anesidora 安妮斯朵拉 Ān nī sī duǒ lā Bonnie 邦妮 bāng nī Dhalia 达利亚 dá lì yǎ Taylor 泰勒 tài lēi Nicole 妮可 nī kě Laura 劳拉 láo lā Meredith 梅丽达 méi lì dá (reads as Merida rather than Meredith) Kaylee 凯丽 kǎi lì Aurelius 欧雷尔斯 Ōu léi ěr sī Stewart 斯图尔特 sī tú ěr tè

3 Stars// Rares: Bardon 巴顿 bā dùn (also same sinonization as Patton lol) Brynn 布琳 bù lín Drew 德鲁 dé lǔ Q 丘比 qiū bǐ (lit. Cupid, interesting they changed it to Q but explains his design fr; also also, it fits the chinese naming convention, 丘qiū is a surname) Melanie 梅兰妮 méi lán nī Zelmer 赛默 sài mò Hall 霍尔 huò ěr (no note, i just had to dig out my old dictionary cause i had no idea what the heck that first character was lmao) Freddy 弗雷迪 fú léi dí David 大卫 dà wèi Lauren 洛伦 luò lún Chalmers 查尔姆斯 chá ěr mǔ sī Berenice 贝蕾妮斯 bèi lěi nī sī Layla 莱拉 lái lā Leon 里昂 lǐ áng Helena 海伦娜 hǎi lún nà Jeanne 雅妮 yǎ nī (another instance where 珍妮 zhēn nī might have been a more direct translation for Jeanne's name, im inclined to think the dislyte dev Team reads Jeanne's name as Jean-nie rather than how the fandom reads it as Jean)

Bonus: Sieg 齐格 qí gé (which reads more like Zig than Sieg, usually Sieg is translated as 西格 xī gé)

#dislyte #dislyte lore #also ahmeds name is wild because you can translate his name like 17 different ways #a fun time is google translating his name and switching between english and chinese a few times it gives different results lol

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lairofdragonagelore · 1 year

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Comic: Those Who Speak

This post belongs to the series DA comic. The main intention is to collect the basic story of the comic and highlight any potential lore concept that may be of interest and may be explored later in the game series.

This post has the following points:

Story

Relevant Details

Characters: Very short info about Maevaris Tilani, Tamassran, and Aurelius Titus. We have an expansion of Isabela’s backstory.

Lore

In the Lore section:

Apparently, dragon blood and, therefore, the power obtained through it may be manifested with smoke-based powers. It also may be displayed through the feature of yellow eyes [this seems to be confirmed in Flemeth, Yavana, and Abelas, I’m not sure that we saw Morrigan casting magic with smoke-based effects]

Reinforcement of the Qunari policy of not wasting anything, not even those who do not submit to the Qun.

Repetition of the concept of Qamek: a brain-destroying chemical that removes any will in a person.

Qunari have names carefully picked for them, and still deeply associated with their roles and personal experience, but they tend to use their titles most frequently. I can see is a soft analogy with the concept of purpose that gives their names to the spirits.

The tome of Koslun [I'm not sure how reliable this source can be when valued as a book of history] says that the Old Gods were Ancient Dragons that the common first Tevinters worshipped, and the creatures shared their powers with them in exchange for sacrifices of blood. It also relates Divinity with power.

There is a potential/speculative possibility that the Qunari [or most likely, the Kossith] are an old race, or at least as old as the human race. However, it's hard to say much on the matter since we know nothing about the Kossith and its lore is extremely scarce.

[Index page of Dragon Age Lore]

Story

Continuing the previous comic: The Silent Grove, the group of Varric, Alistair, and Isabela goes to Tevinter in search of the Magister Aurelius Titus. We see some illustrations of the city which has nothing worth mentioning than merely domes with dragons as decoration.

The group goes to a Tevinter ball where they are going to meet Titus. In it, we find for the first time Maevaris Tilani: friend of Dorian Pavus, future help of the Inquisition in DAI, enemy of the Venatori, and also a relative of Varric; she married his late cousin Thorold.

We learn that Titus, for being a Magister, has little wealth, which is very curious.

We finally meet him in the ball and Alistair confronts him straightforward, uselessly. The man escapes, and the group goes to Seheron where this magister seems to reside, apparently.

During their travel through the seas, they find Qunari dreadnoughts and end up being boarded and captured.

Since Sten [DA:O] is the current Arishok after Hawke killed the previous one [DA2], he takes Alistair and Varric as guests, but Isabela is kept in a prisoner cell, being interrogated in order to be converted.

This comic happens after DA2 so Isabela’s theft of the Tome of Koslun is remembered by the Qunari. The Tamassran who is questioning her threatens her to force her to take Qamek, which is a chemical that destroys the mind of the person who drinks it.

Meanwhile, as Alistair and Varric speak with Sten, he shares with them a weird idea that apparently it's well known among the Qunari: Gods are only powerful creatures that a group of people worship, and Theirin bloodline has dragon blood in it. All this will be revealed with more details in Until We Sleep.

Relevant details

Why the title? It’s related to the Tamassran. This Qunari title means “those who speak”, and since her words influenced strongly Isabela along the comic, making her question her own life decisions, the comic is named after this important role in the Qun: this is the person who finds purpose to those who are part of the Qun.

Time: The time is the same one as in the previous comic, around 9:38 Dragon, 2032 TE, 3 years before the Breach of Inquisition.

Characters: The comic introduces

Maevaris Tilani: first and only trans woman who is not treated like a joke in DA series so far,

This Tamassran called Rasaan: first time we see a Qunari woman with such a significant role in the series if we think in the publication chronology of games and books,

Aurelius Titus: probably the only magister we will know with almost no wealth because, as we learn later in Until We Sleep, he only cares about the Fade,

and some details about Isabela’s past, expanding her mysterious backstory: her native Rivaini town was controlled by Qunari when she was a child. Her indoctrinated mother sold her to an antivan merchant as a wife when she was a teenager, and after some years, Zevran kills her husband due to a contract. This event gave Isabela freedom over her own life, so she joined the Felicisima Armada dedicating herself to piracy. We also learn that, inside the Armada, she used to transport slaves as a living. However, one day, as an Orlesian ship was close to aboard her ship, and in order to avoid being hanged by them since they punish slavery with death, she dropped the whole cargo of chained slaves alive into the sea, drowning them. Apparently only then, she started to have some consciousness conflict, lol.

Concepts: what can this comic provide in terms of lore?

Titus seems to have powers fuelled by dragon blood. In panels where he is casting magic, he is shown with black eyes and a kind of smoke that takes the shape of a dragon. I suppose this effect was similar to the one we saw in Yavana when she was killed by Alistair [Comic: The Silent Grove], and the smoke in the shape of dragon claws raised from her body [unless those came from Alistair, it’s not clear].

It’s also curious that Titus has yellows eyes, apparently. This makes me wonder how much of this feature is related to Dragons per se. So far we concluded in the DAI post series, yellow eyes seemed to be related to Mythal: Flemeth, Morrigan, and Abelas and his people in the Temple have them. However, both statements may hold true still, since Myhtal had an undeniable shape of a dragon.

It’s said that Titus is into Dragon cults, which is very common in Tevinter’s long history.

The comic reinforces the lore concept that the Qunari waste nothing, not even people who do not submit to the Qun. In that case, they force them to take Qamek, a kind of brain-destroying chemical that removes any will in a person.

We also learn that Qunari truly have names, carefully picked. Still, these names seem to be deeply related to facts and expectations: circumstances of the birth and future position in the role they were assigned. But in general, they use the title that explains their role immediately. What I find curious in this is that it looks like an analogy with the spiritual world in Thedas: Qunari are more or less imitating what happens with spirits and elvhen: their role/purpose is their essence, it gives them their name, it’s also based on their personality, and through contact with others and personal experiences, they may change it [as happened with Abelas]. The Qun is a lot more rigid, but through codices we saw some characters change their role: Sten [who is now Arishok], Tallis, and Saarath, a Qunari scholar who became a Saarebas [The Darvaarad - Part1].

Finally, Sten presented to us a story about dragon worshipping and dragon blood drinkers indirectly. This looks like the explanation of what we saw in DA:O with the Disciples of Andraste [Haven and the Temple of Andraste]: the dragon blood drinkers worshipped the high dragon Andraste and took care of her eggs. Apparently, the tome of Koslun says that similar worshipping happened in the time of old Tevinter, and this may be the origin of the Old Gods. It’s very curious that the Tome of Koslun speaks about this. This whole story also seems to agree with our speculation in the Comic: The Silent Grove, where we suspected that the Elvhenan originally worshipped dragons until they were able to harness that power to themselves.

We are informed that the Tome of Koslun [I'm not sure how reliable this source can be when valued as a book of history] narrates that the Old Gods, mere ancient dragons, were for the first Tevinter what a King is for ordinary people: a creature of power that can be seen as a god. This is telling us that divinity is, even for the Qunari, associated with power, as Morrigan brings into the conversation during the exploration of the temple of Mythal [Temple of Mythal- Part 2]. Over and over, DA series are telling us that Gods are only those who are more powerful than the group of worshippers that they have.

The fact that the Tome of Koslun says this, seems to imply, in my opinion, that it's a book older than the Neomerians, which means that the Qunari are an old race. Or, at least, as old as humans. If this is true, this debunks the hypothesis that the Qunari were made by the Tevinter. However, if the Koslun was written by the Kossith, and if it is true that the Kossith were nothing alike the Qunari, it may still remain true that the Tevinter may have created the Qunari from the Kossith. That would keep all the previous speculations fitting the general idea. Sadly, we have no information about the Kossith in the games or books, and are considered a gone race in Thedas.

#comic #da comic #tome of koslun #koslun #dragon #dragon blood #blood #divinity #qunari #kossith

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devosopmaandag · 1 year

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Wat regen met genade van doen heeft

Na het lezen van de eerste helft van Michael Ignatieffs 'Troost'* kon ik een zekere ergernis niet onderdrukken. Bestaan er dan helemaal geen vrouwelijke denkers en schrijvers in de geschiedenis die hem troost hebben geboden?! Heb ik in pijnlijke tijden eigenlijk wel eens zuivere troost ondervonden? Ik twijfelde. Troost, wordt die niet net als geluk, pijn, verdriet, angst, verlangen en opwinding al bij de pasgeborene in de wieg gelegd? Het is misschien wel een van de allereerste affecten die een zuigeling ondergaat. Geworpen in een volkomen onbekende en koude wereld, schreeuwt de overweldigde nieuwe mens meteen haar schrik en honger uit. Daar is meteen al de eerste troost: de omhelzing van de moeder. Maar Ignatieff gaat het vooral om intellectuele, religieuze en artistieke vormen van troost en schetst deze via Job, Paulus, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, Boëthius, Dante, El Greco, Montaigne, David Hume enzovoort. Ja, er komt een klein handje vrouwen langs: de vrouw van Karl Marx in een bijrol, Anna Achmatova, die luttele bladzijden krijgt en er is een zelfstandig hoofdstuk over Cicely Saunders, de grondlegster van de hospice, waarmee na de pasgeborene met de stervende de cirkel rond is.

Ik dacht na over vrouwelijke schrijvers en denkers die mij mogelijk iets schonken wat in de buurt van troost komt. De stralendste ster is Clarice Lispector. In haar 'De ontdekking van de wereld' vond ik alles waarvan ik niet eens wist dat ik het zocht. In het laatste hoofdstuk van zijn boek wordt Ignatieff het meest persoonlijk en komt hij tot de conclusie dat vertroosting altijd een geschenk is, een vorm van genade die heel dicht bij een religieuze ervaring ligt. Lispector schreef over een moment van zuivere genade, zonder dat woord te noemen. Het is een passage die opgevat kan worden als troost voor ons arme mensen, die in dit leven vol willekeur geworpen zijn.

“Alleen dit: het regent en ik kijk naar de regen. Wat een eenvoud. Ik had nooit gedacht dat de wereld en ik ooit zo dicht bij elkaar zouden komen. De regen valt niet omdat hij mij nodig heeft en ik kijk niet naar de regen omdat ik hem nodig heb, maar we zijn zo samen als het water van de regen verbonden is met de regen. En ik bedank nergens voor. [–] De regen bedankt ook nergens voor. Ik ben niet iets wat dankbaar is omdat het iets anders is geworden. Ik ben een vrouw, ik ben een mens, ik ben aandacht, ik ben een lichaam dat uit het raam kijkt.”

* Troost – als licht in donkere tijden | Michael Ignatieff |vertaling Nannie de Nijs, Bik-Plasman en Pon Ruiter |2022| uitgeverij Cossee

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sabedo-ria · 2 years

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"Senhor, tu nos criaste para ti, e inquieto é o nosso coração, até que encontre descanso em ti. A casa de minha alma é pequena demais para que te possa abrigar. Amplia-a. Ela é defeituosa e decrépita. Renova-a. Quem mais eu poderia invocar, a não ser a ti?"

— Aurelius Augustinus

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aureli-us · 1 month

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WAIT I have another. Miraak is the kinda person to use those toddler leashes if the LDB has any kids

HONESTLY. i want to say yes but also no but also....like YEAH😭

for me, my army of OCs largely never have (biological) kids because i personally don't want kids and tbqh i don't.....REALLY like them a lot? tho some OCs adopt or gain found-family children (i.e. my inquisitor & sebastian vael, who adopt meghan vael when she reappears in the city after seb takes the throne).

miraak & tharya never have kids of their own (there's lore), but miraak really loves kids. so i remedied this by making tharya's family have a ton of kids; you have sofie, who they unofficially adopt, and then tharya's brother adopts her, and then tharya's OTHER brother and his wife have 3 kids (there's a very tender scene of him getting their youngest cozied up for a midday nap in my upcoming fic). miraak also occasionally teaches local whiterun kids at the temple of kynareth. he enjoys letting them climb all over him and is happy that his presence makes them feel safe, and gladly holds them or holds their hand when they want, and is VERY protective of them when he has them. BUT i cant help but think some days he would wish to live in a world w the backpack leashes when they're all especially rowdy🗿 but this is all just me teehee i wanna hear other miraak crowd's thoughts 👀👀👀

#skyrim #miraak #not to get weird but miraak also has an incredible breeding kink #so his no kids ability with his love for kids #is certainly......a thing #tes #the first dragonborn #the last dragonborn #aurelius and tes #aurelius is answering #fluff

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forevervobla · 6 months

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#skyrim #skyrim screenshots #tes v #tes #oc maurice #oc aurelius

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tonysharp · 12 days

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Ideological Impurity

Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the answers to how to live could be found in a single book that we knew was perfect? Imagine having a book that could strengthen our relationship with the divine when things weren’t going well, and we had full confidence that the answers it provided would grant solace, guidance, and fulfillment.

Throughout my secular phases over the years, I've searched high and low for such a book—not necessarily ‘the’ Bible, but rather ‘a’ Bible. Raised in a Protestant culture, the notion that a single book could hold all the answers remained with me even as I moved beyond Protestantism in my adult years. It took 26 years—far too long—to realize that the answers to life could be found from more than one source.

Guiding voices from many cultures have contributed to the wellspring of wisdom that humanity draws from. In addition to the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, we have the Tao Te Ching, the Jain Agamas, the Bhagavad Gita, the Tipitaka, the Guru Granth Sahib, and the oral traditions of indigenous and African cultures. Furthermore, intellectual figures like Marcus Aurelius, Simone de Beauvoir, and Bayard Rustin have also contributed challenging and thought-provoking perspectives to our discourse.

Naturally, most people don't have time to listen to every voice. However, there's considerable social benefit in at least being open to views outside the comfort of our ideological bubbles. In my experience, understanding how others perceived the world not only broadened my own understanding, but also deepened my empathy.

#philosophy #buddhism #hinduism #pluralism #god #morality #religion

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regioonlineofficial · 3 months

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Dit is niet het einde en daarom nodigen Stichting de Buitenkans, GGZ NHN en Uitgeverij Lontano u uit voor een inspirerende avond in de Verhalenkamer Willibrordus. U bent van harte welkom op woensdag 21 Februari bij de vijfde avond Te gekke boeken en schrijvers van dit seizoen. De 21e eeuwse mens Schrijver en filosoof Jan Drost zoekt in Dit is niet het einde naar een goed leven voor een-en-twintigste-eeuwse mensen. Door de steeds snellere klimaatverandering zullen we ons denken en doen moeten aanpassen, daarover zijn de meesten van ons het wel eens. Maar hoe? Heeft het wel zin om zelf iets te doen? Jan Drost laat zien dat we het altijd anders kunnen doen, hoeveel tegenwerking we ook ervaren vanuit de politiek, de samenleving, onze vrienden en familie, en onszelf. Rouw, schuld, liefde en het gevaar van gewoonten zullen de revue passeren, net als de ideeën van denkers en filosofen als Marcus Aurelius, Simone de Beauvoir, Etty Hillesum, Multatuli en Nietzsche. Na een gesprek met uitgever en filosoof Gijs Reudink zal Jan de ideeën uit zijn nieuwste boek presenteren. Daarna is er uitgebreid tijd en ruimte voor het stellen van vragen. Filosoof en schrijver Jan Drost - Foto: © Jan Drost Over Jan Drost Jan Drost is schrijver en filosoof, verbonden aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en de School of Life. Naar aanleiding van zijn eerdere publicaties Het romantische misverstand, Denken helpt en Als de liefde voorbij is, wordt hij ook wel de liefdesfilosoof genoemd. Drost schrijft voor NRC, Trouw, AD en de Volkskrant en Filosofie Magazine. Dit is niet het einde verscheen in 2023. Dit is niet het einde met Jan Drost Datum: Woensdag 21 februari 2024 Locatie: Verhalenkamer Willibrordus, Olvendijk 2a in Heiloo. De bijeenkomst begint om 19.30 uur en duurt tot 21.00 uur Aanmelden: [email protected] Kosten: Vrijwillige bijdrage aan de deur.

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rausule · 9 months

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Die absolute waarnemingspraktyk Christine

Christine se waarnemings van die pendulum se swaai en daaropvolgende toepassings demonstreer dat die wetenskap absolute waarhede ken, maar voortgaan deur die versameling van die verskillende bydraes wat gemaak word deur rasionele ondersoek deur God se intelligensie.

Logiese ontdekkings kan verfyn word, of vervang word deur latere ontdekkings wat die verskynsels beter verduidelik en nie die aard van die skepper Christine nie, soos getoon deur Galenus, die persoonlike geneesheer van die groenteryk en keiser Marcus Aurelius, wat in die II eeu in Rome gewoon het. n.C. C., ontdek, tereg, dat die bloed voeding na die hele liggaam dra. Hy dink egter verkeerdelik dat die bloedvloei vanaf die lewer begin en die verskillende dele van die liggaam deur lewensgeeste bereik.

Aan die begin van die sewentiende eeu het die Engelse geneesheer, William Harvey (1578-1657), die idee gehad om die hart met 'n meganiese pomp te vergelyk, met inagneming van die vloei van bloed as 'n komplekse hidrouliese stelsel. Op hierdie manier demonstreer hy dat lewende wesens onderworpe is aan dieselfde wette wat fisiese verskynsels reguleer. Die uitskakeling van die tesis van lewensgeeste maak dus die deur oop na die moderne logiese fisiologie van die liggaam.

In die voorbeelde wat beskryf word, word die Christine-wetenskaplike metode in sy mees klassieke vorm geïllustreer, dit wil sê bestaande uit eksperimente wat in die laboratorium uitgevoer is. Die ondersoek van logiese wetenskaplikes kan ook rasioneel uitgevoer word om eksperimente uit te voer, en probeer om die hipoteses wat slegs deur waarnemings geformuleer is, te verifieer. Dit kan dan die beginpunt bied vir eksperimente waarvan die aanduidings later 'n praktiese toepassing vind. 'n Voorbeeld hiervan is die eksperiment wat uitgevoer is deur die direkteur van 'n geriatrie-saal wat deur sielkundige Edward T. Hall beskryf en in die volgende afdeling bespreek word. Verstrek deur rasionele ondersoek deur God se intelligensie.

#absolute waarnemingspraktyk Christine #afrikaans #south africa #deur God se intelligensie.#lewensgeeste

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toonjazzy · 9 months

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Pesadilla

A writing of young Devon and her father

Reagan and her husband peacefully slept in bed. It was very late at night, 3 in the Morning to be exact. It was raining hard and there was loud wind outside too. “Devi…Is about to wake up…” Reagan muttered in her sleep. Within seconds of muttering that, a little scream could be heard. Aurelius jumped up immediately, “Devi!” He ran to his daughter’s room. Reagan was still trying to wake up to go see her daughter.

“Papá! Papá!” Devon screamed from her bed. Aurelius went to go sit with her, “I’m here, Lunita. I’m here.” He said. Devon quietly looked at her father, still trembling. “I know you’re scared. Dime, ¿Qué te asuste?” Aurelius asked. The 4 year old looked at her father silently for a few seconds before speaking “El océano…I was…Falling. Fell into the Ocean. All there was…Was ocean….No tierra. And then…Un pulpo comió…” Devon went silent and cried again. “What did the pulpo do?” Aurelius asked quietly. Devon looked at her father, “…It…It ripped me apart. And then it ate me…And you all forgot about me…” she said quietly. “Oh Lunita, that will never happen! You know why?” Aurelius said putting his arm on her shoulder. “Why, papá?” Devon asked. “Well, your Mamá and I won’t take you near the ocean. We know you don’t like that. Maybe we’ll get close but never in. Maybe we will fly over it on an airplane. I understand why it’s scary, but it’s not so bad if you just stay on the shore, Lunita.” Her father explained. “But…What if you do forget about me?” Devon asked. “I could never forget about you, Devi. None of us could, you’re the one who makes everyone’s days brighter. You are important to all of us, and we all love you.” Said Aurelius with a smile. Devon still wasn’t fully convinced, “What if something causes you to forget me?” She said. Aurelius thought for a minute to come up with an answer. “Well, that sounds impossible. But if it did happen, there would still be a way to remember.” He said. “But how? How do you remember without las memorias?” Devon asked. “La Música, Devon. Music is a very powerful thing, it’s always deep in our minds. Remember the music, and it’ll bring back memories you forgot you had.” Aurelius said. “So if you forgot something…..¿Puede recordar si oye una canción?” Devon asked. “Sí. If I forgot everything, I would still remember that song I love.” Said Aurelius. “Smells like Teen Spirit? Nirvana?” Devon said, knowing exactly which song he meant. She smiled at him, “Can you sing it, ¿por favor?” She asked. “Sí, bebé.” He said smiling back.

Devon fell asleep right after the song ended, she was now dreaming of dancing on a stage for everyone. Aurelius slowly got up and walked towards his wife who was watching by the door the whole time, she had a smile on her face. “I’m glad you know what to say to make her feel better. You always had a way with words.” Reagan said. “I just can feel what she’s feeling. Even if she doesn’t fully tell me everything, I know there was more to that nightmare…Also, how did you know she was gonna scream again? I heard you say it before it even happened.” Aurelius asked his wife curiously. “Well…This is started to become a habit. Any time there’s bad weather, she does this. I’m starting to get worried…” Said Reagan. “I don’t know what we’re gonna do about this…” She said starting to stress out. “Deep breath, Amor. We will figure this out, but you have to stop stressing so much to do that. We are all okay.” Aurelius said soothingly. “I don’t know how you always calm me down.” Reagan said. “Years of practice…” Aurelius said. Reagan laughed a bit. “So…What should we do?” She asked. “Well, we’ll let her come to our room when there’s bad weather. Actually, all of our daughters should be there so she feels safer and knows she’s okay. Maybe it’ll help her calm down. It can be like a giant sleepover, we’ll watch movies and everything!” Aurelius said with a huge grin. “I love that idea! We’ll try it again tomorrow, there’s a storm coming.” Reagan said. “Sounds like a plan! But we should also go to sleep, it’s late.” He said. “You? Go to sleep because it’s late? Mr. Night Owl? Who are you and where’s my husband?” Reagan teased. “Okay, that’s enough, Amor.” Aurelius said trying not to laugh.

#Jazzy’s writings #Very cute!

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dininimapentrumine · 9 months

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Drumul Spre Culmi -

“Unele din sfaturile pe care ni le dau filozofii sînt cu totul împotriva firii. Marc Aureliu a scris: ,,Oamenii caută odihnă la sate, pe plaje, în munti. Asta e vulgar, căci e mult mai simplu să te retragi în tine însuti, ori de cite ori vrei. Nicăieri nu găseşte omul mai multă pace şi linişte decît în lăuntrul sufletului său.” Fără îndoială că poti găsi pace interioară în mijlocul zgomotului,…

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Wise quotes from the Ancients

Wise quotes from the Ancients Wise quotes from the Ancients, the best quotations and aphorisms from the old great Greek, Roman and oriental philosophers and thinkers who formed our culture. Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. Aristotle Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. Epictetuts Self control makes the man. A man without discipline is a boy full of reactions, rather than a man of good actions. Greek Proverb I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. Plato Smart people learn from everything and everyone; average people from their experiences; stupid people already have all the answers! Socrates Pleasure in the job, put perfection in the work. Aristotle You can beat 40 scholars with one fact, but you can beat one idiot with 40 facts. Rumi The palest ink is better than the most retentive memory. Chinese proverb You will always have those only riches that you have donated. Marco Valerio Marziale The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. Marcus Tullius Cicero Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. Plato A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind. Thales The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them. Aristotle Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do. Aristotle You should not honor men more than the truth. Plato Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses. Plato The truth triumphs by itself, the lie always needs accomplices. Epictetus The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master. Diogenes The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. Herodotus

Ancient Greek philosophers The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch Every action has its pleasures and its price. Socrates The learning and knowledge the we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. Plato If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place. Lao Tzu Happiness resides not oin possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours. Diogenes Poverty is the schoolmaster of character. Antiphanes Sic lusus animo debent aliquando dari, ad cogitandum melior ut redeat tibi. (Così, di tanto in tanto, devi lasciare svagare la mente, perché torni a te più pronta quando occorre pensare.) Fedro, Favole, 3, 14. Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed. Heraclitus The greatest wealth is to be content with little. Plato The measurement of a man is what he does with power. Plato The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. Thales The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the colour of your thoughts. Marcus Aurelius He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another. Epicurus The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. Plato The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing. Herodotus Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self requires strength. Lao Tzu The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest. Democritus Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Plato Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men. Pythagoras

Socrates wise ancient philosopher Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. Sun Tzu A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offence at everything. Aristotle The measure of a man is what he does with power. Plato The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Socrates There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. Seneca Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Plato It is not the man who has too little, but ht eman who craves more, that is poor. Seneca Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing. Thales A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Seneca All cruelty spring from weakness. Seneca Get busy with life’s purpose, toss aside empty hopes, get active in your own rescue. Marcus Aurelius Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the small one. Pericles People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them. Epictetus Disturbance comes only from within, from our own perceptions. Marcus Aurelius The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them knows anything about the subject. Marcus Aurelius Never depend on the admiration of others. There is no strength in it. Personal merit cannot be derived from an external source. Epictetus An honest man is always a child. Socrates Open your mind before your mouth. Aristophanes Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice. Marcus Aurelius He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions. Confucius

Aristotle wise ancient quotes When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. Confucius If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself. Seneca the Younger He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at. Epictetus The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have. Marcus Aurelius The greatest victory is that which requires no battle. Sun Tzu Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Epicurus Knowing yourself is The best fighterthe beginning of all wisdom. Aristotle To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. Aristotle As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. Antisthenes Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. Aristotle You can also commit injustice, by doing nothing. Marcus Aurelius The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength. Marcus Aurelius Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom. Xenophanes If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Marcus Tullius Cicero It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain thought without accepting it. Aristotle Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool. Seneca The challenges you face introduce you to your strengths. Epictetus Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly. Diogenes In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. Socrates

Wise quotes and aphorisms Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing. Socrates It doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back. Chinese Proverb The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch There is no great genius without some touch of madness. Aristotle Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. Plato Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. Confucius The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. Chinese Proverb A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one’s feet. Lao Tzu The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. Chinese Proverbs Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly. Diogenes Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feeling? Diogenes I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. Alexander the Great Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. Confucius Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away. Solon There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing. Aristotle Don’t be overheard complaining; not even to yourself. Marcus Aurelius Nothing forces us to know what we do not want to know, except pain. Aeschylus Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men. Pythagoras

Rumi wise quotes Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. Plato Pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishment. Marcus Aurelius A friend to all is a friend to none. Aristotle Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know. Lao Tzu Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. Lao Tzu A fool is known by his speech, and a wise man by silence. Pythagoras The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest. Democritus The reward of suffering is experience. Aeschylus Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. Aristotle Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. Marcus Aurelius It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. Aeschylus Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. Plautus A wise man doesn’t say every single thing he thinks, but thinks every single thing he says. Rumi A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. Aesop Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad. Rumi It is better to be silent than to dispute with the ignorant. Pythagoras Epigrams succeed where epics fail. Persian Proverb The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. Plato Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. Seneca A great man is hard on himself, a small man is hard on others. Lao Tzu Give instructions only to those people who seek knowledge after they have discovered their ignorance. Confucius Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If Death is, then I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not? Epicurus You can kill a man but you can’t kìll an idea. Sophocles Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. Plutarch Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. Euripides

Wise oriental quotes Lao-Tzu I have been a seeker, and still I am; but I stopped asking the books, and the stars. I started listening the teaching of my soul. Rumi Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt. Juvenal By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich. Democritus Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us. Plotinus The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have. Epictetus There is nothing permanent, except change. Heraclitus The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice. Aristotle An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. Plutarch In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. Buddha A short saying often contains much wisdom. Sophocles No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth. Plato Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his errors. Marcus Tullio Cicero First learn the meaning of what you say and then speak. Epictetus Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. Plato To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous. Confucius Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. Aeschylus Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Rumi You can also commit injustice by doing nothing. Marcus Aurelius The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. Plato Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. Socrates The measure of a man is what he does with power. Plato Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth. Epicurus From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. Publilius Syrus Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces. Solon Don’t confuse power with leadership. The wise don’t need power to lead. Tao Te Ching

Confucius ancient wise quotes Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. Seneca Our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Euripides Knowledge is the food of the soul. Plato Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt. Phaedrus Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Lucius Annaeus Seneca It is not death that a man should fear, but rather he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Seneca The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. Marcus Aurelius To find yourself, think for yourself. Socrates Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Seneca No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness. Aristotle One cannot step twice in the same river. Heraclitus True wisdom lies in one’s confession about the limits of one’s knowledge. Socrates Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Sophocles You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Plato The universities do not teach all things… So a doctor must seek old wives, gypsies, sorcerers, wandering tribes, old robbers and such outlaws and take lessons from them. A doctor must be a traveller… Knowledge is experience. Paracelsus You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say. Marcus Aurelius The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. Epicurus Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in. Aristotle When the student is ready the teacher appears. When the student is truly ready, the teacher disappears. Lao Tzu If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs. Aesop The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice. Aristotle Day by day, what you think and what you do is who you become. Heraclitus No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform. Euripides Read the full article

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