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Tag Archives: Originality
THE AMAZING REALITY OF THINGS
The amazing reality of things Is my discovery every single day. Every single thing is what it is, And it is difficult to explain to anyone how much it delights me, And how much this is enough for me. Just … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Happiness, Life, Originality, Poetry, Truth, Wisdom, Writing
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WHAT IS AN IDEA?
What is an idea but a conversation marked in time? A moment of movement A collision of words.
Posted in David Scanlon, Poetry
Tagged Conversation, Creativity, Ideas, Originality, Truth
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BBC – R4 – Great Lives – John Stuart Mill – Series 29 – Episode 6 of 9 – 8/1/2013
An interesting Radio programme examination of the life of the precociously talented J.S. Mills, who realised in his mid-life crisis at the age of 20, that emotional relations are what makes people happy. Coming from the school of Bentham this was a crisis of confidence in Utilitarian Philosophy which led J.S. Mills to the discovery of Poetry. Continue reading
Posted in Matthew Parris, Spoken Word
Tagged Beauty, Crisis, Drivers, Life, Originality, Poetry
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Protected: EPHEMERAL CREATION
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Posted in Albert Camus, Quotations
Tagged Joy, Motivation, Originality, Reality, Truth, Writing
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ON ORIGINALITY
Somebody says: “Of no school I am part, Never to living master lost my heart; Nor any more can I be said To have learned anything from the dead.” That statement – subject to appeal – Means: “I’m a self-made … Continue reading
Posted in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Poetry
Tagged Continuity, Family, Originality, Truth
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