“Virtue can only flourish among equals” Mary Wollstonecraft Brief Background on Wollstonecraft: Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and women’s rights activist. Although she is best known for her groundbreaking work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (from which this quote is taken), she also authored several other works including A Vindication …
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Albert Camus and Why Beauty is Absurd and Unbearable
“Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time” Albert Camus Brief background on Camus: Albert Camus was an essayist, philosopher (although he denied it), novelist, and playwright, among other things. He is perhaps best …
What is Happiness and How to Keep It From Flying Away
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” -Nathaniel Hawthorne The ultimate wish for most people is to find happiness in life. We spend our lives searching for this elusive, shadowy concept, never completely sure what it is …
What’s the Secret of Creativity?
“Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.” -Leo Burnett About 200 years ago, who would’ve ever thought that flying machines (airplanes) would exist? How would you describe the invention of airplanes? I call it creative. Humans have come up with a lot of creative …
A Quick Break-Down of Sarah William’s Stars
“I love the stars to fondly, to be fearful of the night.” -Sarah Williams Have you ever noticed how obsessed we humans sometimes are about the stars? I mean, people talk all the time about finding inspiration from them. But, there is something rather calming about them. And so, I’m choosing a rather famous star …
The Greatest Enemy of Knowledge
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” -Daniel Boorstin/Stephen Hawking This is certainly interesting to think about! Intuitively, ignorance seems to be the “enemy” of knowledge. The word ignorance itself is literally defined as a lack of knowledge! If you stop to think about it though, ignorance itself …