To: MtnClimber
A long article. Bookmark for a rainy day.
2 posted on
03/04/2024 8:44:02 AM PST by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Thanks for posting this. I am saving it to read when I can completely concentrate on the substance.
Life is a bit of a struggle right now, and this might be very helpful.
3 posted on
03/04/2024 8:48:41 AM PST by
jacquej
(“You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
To: MtnClimber
I can provide only a bit of experience - decades ago I gave a very nice, leather bound copy to a girlfriend. She dumped me a week later.
So, not a good gift for women. Or most women, at least. Be guided accordingly!
4 posted on
03/04/2024 8:54:01 AM PST by
buwaya
(Strategic imperatives )
To: MtnClimber
11 posted on
03/04/2024 9:33:54 AM PST by
Track9
(If you want to know about human nature, read a power tool user manual. )
To: MtnClimber
The man was a great thinker and realist who recorded his thoughts for himself
Reading or just keeping his thaught at hand is worthwhile
13 posted on
03/04/2024 10:43:38 AM PST by
bert
( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
To: MtnClimber
14 posted on
03/04/2024 11:04:45 AM PST by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: MtnClimber
An excellent and proactive essay. I have always struggled to reconcile the fatalism embedded throughout this work with the evident wisdom to be found there as well.
Perhaps that’s the real value to be found there.
15 posted on
03/04/2024 11:25:51 AM PST by
Noumenon
(You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
To: MtnClimber
16 posted on
03/04/2024 11:34:19 AM PST by
GOP Poet
(Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
To: MtnClimber
Great article, MC. I read most of it today and will continue tomorrow.
I'm absolutely mesmerized by the painting "The Triumph of Marcus Aurelius," by Giandomenico Tiepolo. Why is the beautiful young lass in the front of his chariot bathed in light while the Emperor is in shadow, dark and brooding?
What was Tiepolo conveying with that lighting? I tried searching for analysis of the painting (like you find in Art Appreciation books), but found no discussion of the painting.
It's amazing that Tiepolo painted it in 1775. His style is reminiscent of the great Renaissance painters of 300 years earlier.
18 posted on
03/04/2024 8:51:14 PM PST by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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