For unto a bibliophile a child is to be born
This is an extrapolation of an answer I gave to a dear friend here, it is based upon a whimsical idea that may grow into something a bit more factual, that of taking the cumulation of a network of sources with a "to me" adhesive unity, which may be unknown and hence unpersuasive until this child be born, for then it would be pushed out into a kind of reality where expressed thoughts and opinions live move and have their being.
Whenever I try to express these things it's like having a stomach pain, or just a movement in there giving only me an indication that something might be there besides what could only be gaseous fumes, and molecular happenstances from a poor negligent diet.
I believe though that these mental pursuits are time well spent, I choose a popular ancient school of thought, and branch out with all of what I can get my hands on in the other schools of thought, with even further expansion of texts dealing with the larger scope of those time periods, Antiquity. Poetry, Histories, Theatre and so many more kinds of writings, but I gravitate to those writings which serve to nourish the mind and outlook of life long learners.
Eclecticism is the stance i'd identify with, I see the pick and choose method as being the ideal manner of going about it, when these schools in their entirety were for those in different times as ours.
And so the challenge I face is to understand as fully as possible these things, which would allow me to express how these things can matter in today's world. At this point I merely believe that there are plenty of things offered that can make a person's life much better, on how to handle day to day things, of keeping calm and those sorts of things were always of utmost importance to me personally, and maybe all I need to do is make it work for myself, and not bother about spreading the word.
But the more I get into it, the more I would care about it, and would at least want to say what I've found helpful.
Theory and Practice are to be 2 sides of the same coin. Theory the mind of this child, and Practice the limbs and stuff.
Whenever I try to express these things it's like having a stomach pain, or just a movement in there giving only me an indication that something might be there besides what could only be gaseous fumes, and molecular happenstances from a poor negligent diet.
I believe though that these mental pursuits are time well spent, I choose a popular ancient school of thought, and branch out with all of what I can get my hands on in the other schools of thought, with even further expansion of texts dealing with the larger scope of those time periods, Antiquity. Poetry, Histories, Theatre and so many more kinds of writings, but I gravitate to those writings which serve to nourish the mind and outlook of life long learners.
Eclecticism is the stance i'd identify with, I see the pick and choose method as being the ideal manner of going about it, when these schools in their entirety were for those in different times as ours.
And so the challenge I face is to understand as fully as possible these things, which would allow me to express how these things can matter in today's world. At this point I merely believe that there are plenty of things offered that can make a person's life much better, on how to handle day to day things, of keeping calm and those sorts of things were always of utmost importance to me personally, and maybe all I need to do is make it work for myself, and not bother about spreading the word.
But the more I get into it, the more I would care about it, and would at least want to say what I've found helpful.
Theory and Practice are to be 2 sides of the same coin. Theory the mind of this child, and Practice the limbs and stuff.
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