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eskmcdonnell (45)in #philosophy • 6 years ago
Aphorism #88 Let your Behaviour be Fine and Noble
"A great man ought not to be little in his behaviour. He ought never to pry too minutely into things, least of all in unpleasant matters. For though it is important to know all…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #philosophy • 6 years ago
Aphorism #87 Culture and Elegence
"Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture. Culture therefore makes the man; the more a man, the higher. Thanks to it, Greece could call the…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #blocktradesworldcup • 6 years ago
The @blocktrades World Cup | My selections for the Last 16
The competition continues and so do our hopes and predictions. For the first knockout stage, here are my predictions (and hopes): Score Team vs Team Score…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #philosophy • 6 years ago
Aphorism #86 : Prevent Scandal
"Many heads go to make the mob, and in each of them are eyes for malice to use and a tongue for detraction to wag. If a single ill report spread, it casts a blemish on your fair…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #informationwar • 6 years ago
China Scolds Trump: "THE FOOL BUILDS WALLS"
That's thick. Now, again, who was it who built the Great Wall? Without any reflection on the irony, Western MSM reported this statement regarding Trump's trade war policy…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #philosophy • 7 years ago
Aphorism #85 : Do not play Manille
"It is a fault of excellence that being so much in use it is liable to abuse. Because all covert it, all are vexed by it. It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody;…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #philosophy • 7 years ago
Aphorism #84 : Make use of your Enemies
"You should learn to seize things not by the blade, which cuts, but by the handle, which saves you from harm: especially is this the rule with the doings of your enemies. A wise…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #philosophy • 7 years ago
Aphorism #83 : Allow Yourself some venial Fault
"Some such carelessness is often the greatest recommendation of talent. For envy exercises ostracism, most envenomed when most polite. It counts it to perfection as a failing…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #blocktradesworldcup • 7 years ago
The @blocktrades World Cup | My selections
The FIFA World Cup this year has the best host possible in Russia. You can't believe how easy the on-boarding was and how great the tourism privileges are to ticket holders! I've…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #philosophy • 7 years ago
Aphorism #82 : Drain Nothing to the Dregs, neither Good nor Ill
"A sage once reduced all virtue to the Golden Mean. Push right to the extreme and it becomes wrong: press all the juice from an orange and it becomes bitter. Even in enjoyment…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #politics • 7 years ago
UK Imprisoning Liberty, Tommy Robinson THROWN INTO LION'S DEN
Arrested on patently false grounds (breaching the peace) and unjustly sentenced to 13 months in prison (for contempt of court), Tommy Robinson faces his very likely death in…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #philosophy • 7 years ago
Aphorism #81 : Renew your Brilliance
"Tis the privilege of the Phenix. Ability is wont to grow old, and with it fame. The staleness of custom weakens admiration, and a mediocrity that's new often eclipses the…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #philosophy • 7 years ago
Aphorism #79 : A Genial Disposition
"If with moderation tis an accomplishment, not a defect. A grain of gaiety seasons all. The greatest men join in the fun at times, and it makes them liked by all. But they should…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #politics • 7 years ago
The Russian Discussion of the massacre in Palestine
"Yakov Kedmi: Israel Has the Right to Protect Its Borders, the Protesters Were Organized by Hamas" - Vesti News, 15 May 2018. Sergey Pashkov, chief of Vesti Middle East Office…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #informationwar • 7 years ago
Are you an Aristotelian or a Platonist?
Beneath ideologies, political affinities and moral mindsets, there is at bottom the way we go about thinking of the world. Are you an Aristotelian or a Platonist in how you think…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #philosophy • 7 years ago
Aphorism #78 : The Art of undertaking things
"Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold. The same simplicity which robs them of all attention to precautions deprives them of all sense of shame at failure. But…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #informationwar • 7 years ago
Day For Freedom Celebration Rally - London, 6 May 2018
The Day For Freedom celebration rally brought approximately 30 thousand people of diverse backgrounds (e.g. ethnicities, races, sexual orientations and political persuasions)…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #life • 7 years ago
Aphorism #77 Be all Things to all Men
"-- a discreet Proteus, learned with the learned, saintly with the sainted. It is the great art to gain every one's suffrages; their goodwill gains general agreement. Notice…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #life • 7 years ago
Aphorism #76 Do not always be Jesting
"Wisdom is shown in serious matters, and is more appreciated than mere wit. He that is always ready for jests is never ready for serious things. They resemble liars in that men…
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eskmcdonnell (45)in #informationwar • 7 years ago
Russia - US hides behind a blue tarp and makes its women climb fences in skirts, a metaphor for US policy
Taking aim at the US State Department's illegal seizure of the Russian consulate in Seattle, FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova blasts US 'Russian Propaganda' narrative in colourful…
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