Tag: philosophy
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July 31, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Don’t let yourself be regimented by dogma, by uniforms, by doctrines, don’t let yourselves be fooled by those who command you, by those who promise, who frighten, by those who want to replace one master with another, don’t be a flock of sheep, for heaven’s sake, don’t hide under the umbrella…
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July 30, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — Buckminster Fuller BIRTHDAYS: 1511 Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and art historian. 1818 Emily Brontë, British novelist (Wuthering Heights) 1855 James E. Kelly, American sculptor (“Sculptor of American History”)…
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July 29, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.” — Confucius BIRTHDAYS: 1590 Gilles Hayne, Flemish composer. Matthew passion (excerpt 1) 1805 Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian, political writer, and author (Democracy in America) 1841 Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician/scientist (identified the bacterium causing leprosy) 1878 Don…
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July 28, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” — Lao Tzu BIRTHDAYS: 1609 Judith Leyster, Dutch Golden Age painter. 1866 Beatrix Potter, English children’s author and illustrator (The Tale of Peter Rabbit). 1902 Karl Popper, Austrian-born philosopher who became a British citizen and made…
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July 27, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Whatever you do, don’t doubt yourself because of others. That’s the only thing I want to impress upon you, as strongly as I can.” — Ayn Rand BIRTHDAYS: 1502 – Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer. Caligaverunt oculi mei, and Bacco, Bacco, and Guardan’almo pastore 1734 Jakob Zupan, Slovenian composer. Regina caeli 1781…
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July 26, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.” — Sir Isaac Newton BIRTHDAYS: 1694 Johann Samuel Endler, German composer, musician, and conductor. Pratum Integrum Orchestra. 1782 John Field, Irish pianist and composer (known for Nocturnes). Nocturne no. 5 in B flat Major…
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July 25, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” — Eric Hoffer BIRTHDAYS: 1579 Valerius Otto, German composer. Pražské tance (Couranta). 1654 Agostino Steffani, Italian-German composer (also diplomat). “Sfere amiche”, and Orlando: Scena Ultima: Chaconne. 1657 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, German composer, Ouverture No. 5 in F…
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July 24, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “What we lightly pass over as chaos is…a reflection of our failure to comprehend …the complex data of the free and unfettered market.” — Leonard Read BIRTHDAYS: 1757 Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter. 1802 Alexandre Dumas, French author (e.g., The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo). 1803 Adolphe Adam, French composer…
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July 23, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars, the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive, the rational world is my…
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July 22, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “I remember your name perfectly, but I just can’t think of your face.” — William Archibald Spooner BIRTHDAYS: 1597 Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer. Sdegno campion audace 1844 William Archibald Spooner, inventor (spoonerisms). 1849 Emma Lazarus, poet. 1882 Edward Hopper, painter. 1898 Stephen Vincent Benét, Author/Poet. 1908 Amy Vanderbilt, writer on etiquette. MISCELLANEOUS:…
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