A quotation from Franklin, Ben
The noblest question in the world is, What Good may I do in it?
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1737 ed.)
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A quotation from Addison, Joseph
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands, says an old writer. Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue. A man may bestow great sums on the poor and indigent without being charitable, and may be charitable when he is not able to bestow anything. Charity is therefore a habit of good will, or benevolence in the soul, which disposes us to the love, assistance, and relief of mankind, especially of those who stand in need of it.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Guardian, No. 166 (1713-09-21)
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If it is usual to be strongly impressed with things rare and extraordinary, how comes it then that Virtue is taken so little notice of?
[S’il est ordinaire d’être vivement touché des choses rares, pourquoi le sommes-nous si peu de la vertu?]
Jean de La Bruyère (1645-1696) French essayist, moralist
The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 2 “Of Personal Merit [Du Mérite Personnel],” § 20 (2.20) (1688) [Browne ed. (1752)]
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Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.
Filths savor but themselves.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
King Lear, Act 4, sc. 2, l. 47ff (4.2.47-48) [Albany] (1606)
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Defeat anger with kindness,
villainy with virtue,
stinginess with giving,
and lies with truth.Speak the truth, do not be angry,
and give when asked, if only a little.
By these three means,
you may enter the presence of the gods.
--- Dhammapada 221–234 Kodhavagga, translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Here are troops of men
who had suffered wounds, fighting to save their country,
and those who had been pure priests while still alive,
and the faithful poets whose songs were fit for Phoebus;
those who enriched our lives with the newfound arts they forged
and those we remember well for the good they did mankind.[Hic manus, ob patriam pugnando vulnera passi,
Quique sacerdotes casti, dum vita manebat,
Quique pii vates, et Phoebo digna locuti,
Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes,
Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo.]
Virgil (70-19 BC) Roman poet [b. Publius Vergilius Maro; also Vergil]
The Aeneid [Ænē̆is], Book 6, l. 660ff (6.660-664) (29-19 BC) [tr. Fagles (2006), l. 764ff]
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[Arguments] seem unable to influence the masses in the direction of what is noble and good. For the masses naturally obey fear, not shame, and abstain from shameful acts because of the punishments associated with them, not because they are disgraceful.
[τοὺς δὲ πολλοὺς ἀδυνατεῖν πρὸς καλοκαγαθίαν προτρέψασθαι: οὐ γὰρ πεφύκασιν αἰδοῖ πειθαρχεῖν ἀλλὰ φόβῳ, οὐδ᾽ ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν φαύλων διὰ τὸ αἰσχρὸν ἀλλὰ διὰ τὰς τιμωρίας]
Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek philosopher
Nicomachean Ethics [Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια], Book 10, ch. 9 (10.9.3-4) / 1179b.10ff (c. 325 BC) [tr. Crisp (2000)]
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A quotation by Abraham, Daniel
“There’s a right thing to do,” Holden said.
“You don’t have a right thing, friend,” Miller said. “You’ve got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong.”
Daniel Abraham (b. 1969) American writer [pseud. James S. A. Corey (with Ty Franck), M. L. N. Hanover]
Leviathan Wakes, ch. 36 (2011) [with Ty Franck]
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——𝔸𝕝𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥 𝔼𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕚𝕟
#individuality #virtue #human #society #AlbertEinstein #quote
A quotation by James, William
The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way. Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state. We are spinning our own fates, good or evil. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar.
William James (1842-1910) American psychologist and philosopher
The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 1, ch. 4 “Habit” (1890)
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With regards to #medical #mandates, "#Vaccine passports" and/or "#lockdowns" in the #UK please see:
Sidaway v. Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital
"A mentally competent patient has an absolute right to refuse to #consent to medical #treatment, for any reason, #rational or #irrational, or for no #reason at all, even where that decision may lead to his or her own #death."
This establishes the #principle of a legal right to #refuse medical treatment, preventative or curative. The ruling has been used in many cases and upheld.
In addition, please see the #International #Covenant on Civil and #Political #Rights Article 1 Section 1, Article 7 and Article 12 Section 1. The UK signed the #ICCPR September 1968 and ratified it in May 1976.
ICCPR Article 1 Section 1:
"All peoples have the #right of self-determination. By #virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their #economic, #social and #cultural development."
ICCPR Article 7:
"No one shall be subjected to #torture or to #cruel, #inhuman or degrading #treatment or #punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his #free #consent to medical or #scientific #experimentation."
ICCPR Article 12 Section 1:
"Everyone #lawfully within the #territory of a #State shall, within that territory, have the right to #liberty of movement and #freedom to choose his residence."
The UK is a ratified signatory nation of the ICCPR and has a #legal obligation to abide by the Articles within the treaty.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspx
With regards to #medical #mandates, "#Vaccine passports" &/or "#lockdowns" in the #USA please see:
14th Amendment, Section 1, Due Process Clause in conjunction with Washington v. Harper (1990) & Cruzan v. Director Missouri Department of #Health (1990).
14th Amendment, Section 1:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the #jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any #law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of #citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of #life, #liberty, or #property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/amendment-xiv/clauses/701
Washington v. Harper (1990)
"The forcible #injection of medication into a nonconsenting person's body represents a substantial interference with that person's #liberty."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_v._Harper
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/494/210/
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990)
"[a competent person has a] constitutionally protected liberty interest in refusing unwanted medical treatment."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruzan_v._Director,_Missouri_Department_of_Health
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/497/261/
Article 6 of the US Constitution in conjunction with The International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights Article 1 Section 1, Article 7 & Article 12 Section 1. The USA signed the #ICCPR October 1977 & #ratified it in June 1992.
US #Constitution, Article 6:
"...all #Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the #Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the #Judges in every State shall be bound thereby..."
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-6/
ICCPR Article 1 Section 1:
"All peoples have the #right of self-determination. By #virtue of that right they freely determine their #political status and freely pursue their #economic, #social & #cultural development."
ICCPR Article 7:
"No one shall be subjected to #torture or to #cruel, #inhuman or degrading #treatment or #punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free #consent to #medical or #scientific #experimentation."
ICCPR Article 12 Section 1:
"Everyone #lawfully within the #territory of a #State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement and #freedom to choose his residence."
The USA is a ratified signatory #nation of the ICCPR and has a #legal obligation to abide by the Articles within the #treaty.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspx
dont throw the baby out with the #bathwater.
i agree, there's A LOT of VERY DIRTY bathwater to be thrown out.
but dont throw the baby out with it.
get more specific, more investigative, check it out, before you throw it all out.
... i'll stop there before i attempt to over-work the analogy.
this is something i've thought of for religion for about 20 years. i used to be one of those militant atheist anti-religious sorts since early childhood, thinking the christianity i was introduced to, and forced to go to church in until 12, was a load of nonsense about a story book n a fictional character called jesus. it was not until i was challenged on it (around age 17), that i realised i was arguing from ignorance, that i did not know neither deep or wide into religion. and it seemed that's what every other militant anti-religion atheist was doing too. arguing from ignorance, armed with their cherry picked facts to present it all as bad as their worst tidbits. a little bit of information is a dangerous thing.
the analogy ("dont throw the baby out with the bathwater") springs to mind very loud again these days with all the anti-muslim and anti-semetic noise going around. there is worthyness in islam. some of it, we will do well to learn from. and no, i dont mean take it all whole, as thats just the other side of the stupidity-coin of throwing it all out whole. cant get there from absolutes. one has to delve into the nuance. one has to study and explore.
if you listened to the naysayers who seem to seek some kind of holy war / religious war, you'd think all of islam is the same, and that all who follow it are therefor in a child rape gang (skipping for a moment that there's more child rape gangs with people of their (the accuser's) religious/cultural/ethnic backgrounds, so~~). ... as if there's no virtue in islam anywhere.
same with the noise n nonsense of "anti-semitism". cant possibly think they're all like the worst characterisations, and therefor cant possibly have any virtue in the decrees to get them all, since that'd be mass punishment of the majority of innocents. even as you separate out religion, culture and ethnicity, you can see diversity in each, even in these religions that try so hard to keep their religious text unedited.
how broad must one's brush become before they will realise the folly of tarring wide? guilt by association. we're all human, so all humans must suffer punishment for the worst of us?
#dontthrowthebabyoutwiththebathwater #religion #anti-religion #islam #anti-islam #digitsrants #egalitarianism #enlightenment #study #studymore #research #questionmore #keepquestioning #learnmore #logic #virtue #ignorance #prejudice #mobmentality #remedy #separationisthepathtodestruction #investigate #bewaretheshills #shills #sowingseeds #cantgettherefromhere
to paraphrase Gandhi:
I am a Hindu, I am a Muslim, I am a Christian, I am a Jew, and so are you. now bog off.
his noodlyness is watching. #fsm
