Posts Tagged as ‘Philosophy’

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  (Tags: Life, Philosophy)Can I Count on It?

  “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” Albert Einstein

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  (Tags: Philosophy)Perfection – Is it an Elusion?

  Going through Uni I worked from time to time with Cam as a builders labourer. I learnt a lot while working for Cam, but one thing that I have taken with me more then the others is that people (clients) do not pay for perfection, quality yes, perfection no. If they where paying for perfection [...]

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  (Tags: Life, Philosophy)Life’s Lessons from Poker – Playing Fate

  Poker (Texas hold’em poker) is mostly a game of decision making. Should I or shouldn’t I? Yes it involves luck and bluff, but in the end luck can only get you so fare and if you chance fate enough times it will eventually go against you.

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  (Tags: Philosophy)Nosce te Ipsum (Know Thyself)

  Nosce te Ipsum (Know Thyself) This is a huge topic and one that I am not going to try and answer just put some words down. The reason I thought about penning some words about this topic comes from a statement made on the ABC Radio Nation podcast (broadcast) of The Philosophers Zone titled “Beginning [...]

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  (Tags: Life, Philosophy)Trust in God, But Tie Your Camel First

  Just had to post this photo. Security is only a deterrent, if someone thinks they need your stuff more then you it is only a matter of time. Maybe I should have locked my spare tyre up like this. Credit via flickr

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  (Tags: Philosophy)Not Happy Jane

  n the end we can not measure our happiness in life by what we have otherwise we will never be content (happy), we would always be left wanting.

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  (Tags: Philosophy, Truth)Stages of Truth

  The three stages of truth was originally penned by the German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), who said “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident.” Global warming Ridicule: The world isn’t warming that is just tree hugging rhetoric Violent Opposition: That’s [...]

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  (Tags: Philosophy)Does The World Owe Me

  I think it is time for a bit more of a meaty post I have always been of the opinion that there are two broad types of people. There are those that see there job as a privilege and those that see there job as a right. In other words there are those people that [...]