Dante called Boethius the “last of the Romans and first of the Scholastics“. He wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while unjustly imprisoned in 523. In the book he is visited by Lady Philosophy who teaches him that transient things do not bring happiness.
pickThis has been a very enjoyable book to pick up daily for some bite sized food for thought. 💌
#two4tuesday
Yes I was. I was such a reader that by the time I left elementary school I had read everything in the library, even the encyclopedia. In high school I struggled with certain aspects of math.
27. Miscellaneous. Language. Those who make antitheses by forcing words are like those who make false windows for symmetry. Their rule is not to speak accurately, but to make apt figures of speech.
"I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others."
Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
This chapter FINALLY had some philosophy!
#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
I've been studying epistemology in my class this semester and I've been looking for books to help me understand it better. I added this book to my ThriftBooks cart two days ago, and then I surreptitiously found it at the library book sale yesterday! It's annotated and I'm enjoying not only reading Russell's writings, but also the scribblings of the previous owner who was also trying to make sense of it all.
Anyone else gets annoyed by these? ://
Almost always can‘t get my focus back
