There is a simple formula to help select the right screen size. The distance from the television to the viewer should be 1 Â½ to 3 times the screen size. For example, if there is 12 feet (144 inches) between the back couch cushion to the wall, then the ideal screen size is between 144/1.5 to 144/3, or 96 to 48 inches. Within this range, bigger is better.
John Locke in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding restated the importance of the experience of the senses over speculation and sets out the case that the human mind at birth is a complete, but receptive, blank slate ( scraped tablet or tabula rasa ) upon which experience imprints knowledge.
Complement with Viktor Frankl on the human search for meaning and Aung San Suu Kyi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize herself five years later, on freedom from fear, then revisit William Faulknerâs piercing Nobel Prize acceptance speech on the role of the writer as a booster of the human heart, Albert Camusâs beautiful letter of gratitude to his childhood teacher upon receiving the coveted accolade, and the story of why Jean Paul Sartre became the first person to decline the ...