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posted by isabelle_905
Lessons for Life

1. Give people più than they expect and do it cheerfully.

2. Memorize your favourite poem.

3. Don't believe all te hear, spend all te have, o loaf all te want.

4. When te say, "I Amore you," mean it.

5. When te say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.

6. Be engaged at least six months before te get married.

7. Believe in Amore at first sight.


9. Amore deeply and passionately. te may get hurt, but it's the only way to live life completely.


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posted by isabelle_905
Here’s another email...


When the class began, he picked up a large empty jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks that were about 2" in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.


The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar....
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The "Theory of Evolution" and the "Big Bang" theory work with religion.

In a book club meeting i had a theory that jus randomly flashed before my eyes within wat seemed a matter of seconds. It seemed to hav explained the secret of our universe.

Anyway during the meeting the "Law of Conservation of Energy" ran through my head. This law states that "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed it can only be transformed." This law brought me to two different theories.

The first part of the law: "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed." This law brought me recognize that it is infinite and beyond...
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posted by isabelle_905

Tequila and Salt

This should probably be taped
to your bathroom mirror
where one could read it every day.

You may not realize it,
but it's 100% true.

1. There are at least two people in this world that te would die for.

2. At least 15 people in this world Amore te in some way.

3. The only reason anyone would ever hate te is because they want to be just like you.

4. A smile from te can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.

5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about te before they go to sleep.

6. te mean the world to someone.

7. te are special and unique.

8. Someone that te don't...
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posted by dramadoll
Other philosophical traditions, such as African philosophy, are rarely considered da foreign academia. Since emphasis is mainly placed on Western philosophy as a reference point, the study, preservation and dissemination of valuable, but lesser known, non-Western philosophical works face many obstacles. Key African philosophers include the Fulani Usman Dan Fodio, founder of the Sokoto Caliphate of Northern Nigeria and Umar Tall of Senegal; both were prolific Islamic scholars. In the post-colonial period, different immagini of what could be argued as "African" Philosophy from the level of epistemology have risen. These could include the thoughts and enquiries of such individuals as Cheik Anta Diop, Francis Ohanyido, C.L. Momoh, and Chinweizu.

posted by isabelle_905
From an email.


I think the life cycle is all backwards.

te should start out dead and get it out of the way.

Then, te wake up in an old age home feeling better every day.

te get kicked out for being too healthy; go collect your pension, then when te start work, te get a oro watch on your first day.

te work 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement.

te drink alcohol, te party, you're generally promiscuous and te get ready for High School.

te go to primary school, te become a kid , te play, te have no responsibilities, te become a baby, and then...

te spend your last 9 months floating peacefully in luxury, in spa-like conditions; central heating, room service on tap, larger quarters every day, and then, te finish off as an orgasm.

I rest my case.
"The will of strength is of lesser value to man than the strengt of will."

"One loss can be many gained."

"Confusion and domanda brings insight and intelligence."

"It takes a great deal of intelligence to reach the top. It takes an even greater deal of wisdom, however, to remain at the top."

"Fear can turn even the most gentle of men into the most barbaric of brutes."

"The very passion which serves as the great flame of courage, strength, and determination can also serve as a poison to the soul."

"A life without pain is not a life at all."
The French Revolution constituted for the conscience of the dominant aristocratic class a fall from innocence, and upturning of the natural chain of events that resounded all over Europe; the old regime became, in their imaginary, a paradise lost. This explains why some romantic poets born in the higher classes were keen on seeing themselves as faded aristocrats, expelled from their comfortable milieu da a reverse of fortune o a design of destiny. Byron and Shelley are the prime instances of this vital pose. In The Giaour he writes on a vampiric character: "The common crowd but see the gloom/...
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posted by dramadoll
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posted by dramadoll
Thought experiments (Gedankenexperimenten) are "facts" in the sense that they have a "real life" correlate in the form of electrochemical activity in the brain. But it is quite obvious that they do not relate to facts "out there". They are not true statements.

But do they lack truth because they do not relate to facts? How are Truth and Fact interrelated?

One answer is that Truth pertains to the possibility that an event will occur. If true – it must occur and if false – it cannot occur. This is a binary world of extreme existential conditions. Must all possible events occur? Of course not....
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posted by isabelle_905
From an email I got.

1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until te hear them speak.


3. He, who laughs last, thinks slowest.

4. A giorno without sunshine is like, well, night.

5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

6. Those who live da the sword get shot da those who don't.

7. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

8. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime te have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

9. It is detto that if you...
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posted by isabelle_905

Tips for life

1. Take a 10-30 minuto walk every day. And while te walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minuti each day. Buy a lock if te have to.

3. Buy a DVR. Tape your late night shows and get più sleep.

4. When te wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to __________ today.'


6. Play più games and read più libri than te did in 2008.

7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga o stretching, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our...
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One way of stating the position of moral subjectivism is to say that human actions do not please us because they are morally good, but that they are morally good because they please us. In other words, human actions are moral because they elicit a certain response in us, rather than because of any intrinsic properties that belong to them, independent of us. This position is sometimes also called moral relativism inasmuch as moral judgments are thought to be grounded in individual preferences that are peculiar to one o a few persons and cannot be found universally....
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posted by isabelle_905
From an email I got.


The following is an actual domanda dato on a università of Washington chemistry mid term.


Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) o endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) o some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:...
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posted by isabelle_905
More emails!

This is a strictly mathematical goes like this:

What Makes 100%?

What does it mean to give più than 100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving più than 100%?

We have all been to those meetings where someone wants te to give over 100%.


Here's a little mathematical formula that might help te answer these questions:


is represented as:


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