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Motivational Quote of the Day by Aristotle: "You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality..."

Quote of the Day: Aristotle's timeless wisdom highlights courage as a vital human trait. It empowers people to face fear and uncertainty. This quality is crucial for achieving success and living a fulfilling life. True courage involves acting despite fear, not its absence. It guides individuals to speak truth, embrace…

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When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund for allies, fundamental questions about justice arise

Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists. He believed that insurrectionists relinquish their status as citizens the moment they seek to overthrow the government and should never be rewarded for doing so.

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Quote of the day by Aristotle’s teacher, Plato: ‘Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools…’ Powerful words by the Greek philosopher that silence can be wiser than noise

The lasting power of Plato’s quote lies in its simplicity. Most people have experienced moments where excessive talking exposed insecurity or poor judgment, while thoughtful silence reflected confidence, wisdom and understanding.

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Is AI really ‘writing’? From a priestess to philosophers, ancient authors would have said ‘no’

I teach writing and rhetoric, but my college students and I often overlook a surprisingly complicated question: What is writing?

The Conversation

Quote of the day by Aristotle: “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”

Education is often measured by marks, degrees, achievements and professional success. World schools and universities highly value intellectual development, competitive performance and academic excellence. But one quote from Aristotle still challenges the notion that knowledge is enough. His famous words, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education…

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The Declaration and Civic Friendship

[This post is excerpted from the new book, National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America (Avid Reader Press/Simon… The post The Declaration and Civic Friendship appeared first on Reason.com.

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What courage is, how to build it and why you should take a risk

From ancient epics to contemporary headlines, humans have spent centuries canonizing courage as a rare and admirable virtue. Aristotle writes, “You will never do anything in this world without courage.” But what does it really mean to be courageous, and what does it look like in a classroom or a…

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Are aliens real? Scientists have been hunting for extraterrestrial life since the time of Aristotle

Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life?

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The good life requires two things, self-knowledge and friends – you can’t have one without the other

Friends can help us with all kinds of things in life. How could I forget moving that piano for friends in Chicago? Fortunately, none of us ended up in the ER.

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I was teaching virtue and knowledge while lying on the side

I had been with my boyfriend, Tyler, for almost 10 years when we finally agreed that we should get engaged and married. Up until then, our respective jobs – mine as an academic, his as a fisherman – had forced us to endure long stretches apart.

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Making good choices when life gets messy – practical wisdom relies on human judgment, not rules

A few semesters into my teaching career as a psychology professor, I uncovered a cheating ring. I determined who the ringleader was and called him to my office.

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5 Science-Backed Habits to Boost Mental Health & Longevity

Today’s scientific studies are proving consistently that the mind and body are deeply interconnected. When the mind becomes too dull or depressed, the body will also respond negatively. Our immune system can become weaker and our overall health and longevity can also be badly affected. Therefore, it is extremely important…

Times Life

‘There is no shame in being vain’: the relentless rise of impossible male beauty standards

Men’s faces are under scrutiny as never before, with more opting for cosmetic procedures than ever. What is behind this sudden and significant shift?

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More than a feeling – thinking about love as a virtue can change how we respond to hate

Love and hate seem like obvious opposites. Love, whether romantic or otherwise, involves a sense of warmth and affection for others. Hate involves feelings of disdain. Love builds up, whereas hate destroys.

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Why Aristotle would hate Valentine’s Day – and his five steps to love

Valentine’s Day is traditionally a time of heart-shaped balloons, overpriced roses and fully-booked restaurants. Couples kiss and hold hands, smiling selfies celebrate a day of public displays of devotion.

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To cry or not to cry: how moving the audience to tears can backfire

“One must have a heart of stone not to read about the death of little Nell without laughing” was Oscar Wilde’s notorious response to the emotional onslaught of Charles Dickens’s 1841 novel, The Old Curiosity Shop. Having watched two films in two weeks about the death of a child, it…

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4 Okinawa Longevity Secrets That Can Add Years to Your Life

The Japanese mainland, Okinawa is recognised as one amongst the “Blue Zones” of longevity. If you visit this region, you will be able to see much more older, happy individuals than youngsters. In fact, these people follow a number habits that ensure that they live long and fulfilling lives. By…

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3 stunning lunar craters to explore during the half-lit first quarter moon tonight

The craters bear the names of astronomers who revolutionized our understanding of the night sky.

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Seeking honor is a double-edged sword – from ancient Greece to samurai Japan, thinkers have wrestled with whether it’s the way to virtue

Pete Hegseth, the current defense secretary, has stressed what he calls the “warrior ethos,” while other Americans seem to have embraced a renewed interest in “warrior culture.”

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Aristotle’s Politics has wisdoms and warnings for our age of tech utopias and inequality

If Plato was the first Western political philosopher, Aristotle was the first political scientist in today’s sense. Plato’s Republic, for instance, envisages an unworldly political utopia. But in Politics, Aristotle investigates a comprehensive range of political forms and regimes, down to their unglamorous, operational details.

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Bird sex fascinated medieval thinkers as much as people today

Earlier this year, a group of researchers published a paper on the remarkable phenomenon of sex reversal in several Australian birds, including wild magpies and kookaburras.

Space

How a medieval Oxford friar used light and color to find out what stars and planets are made of

Contemporary astrophysics has, of course, vindicated Fishacre's position

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How a medieval Oxford friar used light and colour to find out what stars and planets are made of

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and colour to show that the stars and planets are made of the same elements found here on Earth. In so doing he challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day and pre-empted the methods…

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How to discover a planet

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor and his PhD student Didier Queloz, working at the University of Geneva, announced they had detected a planet orbiting…

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