When an ostrich buries its head in the sand as danger approaches, it very likely takes the happiest course. It hides the danger, and then calmly says there is no danger; and, if it feels perfectly sure there is none, why should it raise its head to see? A man may go through life, [...]
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September 27, 2008
Wolverine: Easy to forget, but that’s just what life is. Right there. The fight not to be dead just yet.
Cyclops: Fight’s rigged.
Wolverine: Sure it is. You know you’re going down. Only question is, how many rounds you last.
Cyclops: But we don’t stop fighting.
Wolverine: Nope.
Cyclops: Why is that?
Wolverine: Because we don’t know how.
X-Men:
Endangered Species
September 27, 2008
Undergraduates come to me very often and say, “I want to go on to graduate school in psychology. Where should I go?” And I always ask them the question, “Why do you want to study psychology?” And as I listen to them, usually one of two answers develops. Answer number one is: “I want to [...]
Absence of self-confidence among subjects
September 27, 2008Many people do not have sufficient confidence in themselves, their judgment and their capacities to make them capable of disobedience and resistance. Having no strong will of their own, they accept that of their rulers, and sometimes prefer rulers who will direct their lives and relieve them of the task of making decisions. The subjects [...]
Habit
September 27, 2008One reason why men obey is that obedience has long been the practice of humanity, and it has become a habit. In the opinion of some, the habit of obedience is in fact “the essential reason” for continued obedience. David Hume said that habit consolidates what other principles of human nature have imperfectly founded. Once [...]
-Hesiod- Edith Hamilton, “Mythology”
September 23, 2008According to another story, the gods themselves created men. They made first a golden race. These, although mortal, lived like gods without sorrow of the heart, far from toil and pain. The cornland of itself bore fruit abundantly. They were rich also in flocks and beloved of the gods. When the grave covered them they [...]
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