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A quotation from Hazlitt, William

It is erroneous to tie down individual genius to ideal models. Each person should do that, not which is best in itself, even supposing this coudl be known, but that which he can do best, which he will find out if left to himself. Spenser could not have written Paradise Lost, nor Milton the Faerie Queene. Those who aim at faultless regularity will only produce mediocrity, and no one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English writer
“Thoughts on Taste”, Edinburgh Magazine (1819-07)

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"Thoughts on Taste", Edinburgh Magazine (1819-07) - Hazlitt, William | WIST Quotations

It is erroneous to tie down individual genius to ideal models. Each person should do that, not which is best in itself, even supposing this could be known, but that which he can do best, which he will find out if left to himself. Spenser could not...

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Marie ROGEON

Ce n'est pas toi qui fait Dieu, mais Dieu qui te fait.

« Ce n'est pas toi qui fais Dieu mais Dieu qui te fait. Si tu es l'ouvrage de Dieu, attends tout de sa main : livre-toi à Celui qui peut te modeler et qui fais bien toutes choses en temps opportun et reçois en toi la forme que le Maître Ouvrier veux te donner. Garde en toi cette humilité qui vient de la Grâce, de peur que ta rudesse n'empêche le Seigneur d'imprimer en toi la marque de son doigt. C'est en recevant cette empreinte que tu deviendras parfait, et seul le Seigneur pourra faire une œuvre d'art avec cette pauvre argile que tu es. En effet, faire est le propre de la bonté de Dieu et Le laisser faire, c'est le rôle qui convient à ta nature d'homme. »

Saint Irénée, Évêque de Lyon, martyrisé en l'an 202, fêté le 28 juin.

#Dieu #Esprit-Saint #Catholique #Saint_Irénée #sainteté #grâce #perfection #sagesse #vitrail

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Tech guru Jaron #Lanier: ‘The #danger isn’t that #AI destroys us. It’s that it drives us insane’

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/23/tech-guru-jaron-lanier-the-danger-isnt-that-ai-destroys-us-its-that-it-drives-us-insane

#Wikipedia is run by super-nice people who are my friends. But the thing is it’s like one #encyclopedia. Some of us might remember when on paper there was both an Encyclopedia Britannica and Encyclopedia Americana and they provided different perspectives. The notion of having the perfect encyclopedia is just weird.

#philosophy #truth #internet #world #wisdom #knowledge #mankind #technology #future #perfection

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