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But Keep Trying

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on May 21, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.
    ––    Zelda Fitzgerald
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Click here (21 May) to see the posts of prior years.  I started this blog in late 2009.  Daily posting began in late January 2011.  Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.

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A Universe More Rational Than Our Species

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »

In its relentless ascent toward complexity, the universe has given rise to man, endowed with consciousness and intelligence.  Stardust coalesced to trigger the spark of life and cause the appearance of a living being capable of comprehending the cosmos.  Poets have sung its beauty, artists have painted it harmony, but it fell to scientists to unveil its mysteries and reveal to us this truly miraculous fact:  We live in a rational universe ruled by very precise laws that can be perceived and analyzed by human reasoning.
    —    Trinh Xuan Thuan
From:  “Chaos and Harmony:  Perspectives on Scientific Revolutions of the Twentieth Century“
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Click here (17 June) to see the posts of prior years.  I started this blog in late 2009.  Daily posting began in late January 2011.  Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.

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Sometimes Wisdom, Too

Posted in Philosophy, Poetry, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on October 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »

I realized that it was not by wisdom that poets write their poetry, but by a kind of nature or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets;  for these also say many beautiful things, but do not know anything of what they say.
     ―    Socrates
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Click here (21 October) to see the posts of prior years.  I started this blog in late 2009.  Daily posting began in late January 2011.  Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.

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