Viewpoint affects Outlook
I’ve been thinking a lot about why people hold different positions on issues. Everyone has a view of something, some better than others, but
I’ve been thinking a lot about why people hold different positions on issues. Everyone has a view of something, some better than others, but
I live in the LA metro area and do a lot of driving. My work is about 26 miles from my house so I’m on
The Story of Philosophy, by Will Durant, contains a section on Baruch Spinoza, including a bit on his Tractatus Politicus, wherein he speaks about democracy.
Reading through a modern Italian version of Orlando furioso right now. There is a wild scenario in Canto 27, where Discord and Pride, embodied as
We were going through Luke 9:61-62 at church yesterday and in this passage, where Jesus is explaining the cost of following him, He finishes with
Reading through a modern Italian version of Orlando furioso right now. In Canto 20, the female warrior Marfisa meets a knight errant, Zerbino, who challenges
The Question and Its ImportanceI was reading through Will Durant’s book The Story of Philosophy. The book is divided into sections on what the author
This chapter (12) in The Hunter Gatherer’s Guide discusses the relation and tension of culture and consciousness. As Weinstein and Heying define them:Culture is
This post covers another chapter: Character and History, in The Lessons of History, by Will and Ariel Durant. Society is founded not on the ideals
Years ago I needed to do some research for something on Napoleon. I asked my dad if he had anything and he lent me the
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.“
This website was formerly “the TL;DR place” on tumblr. But I occasionally posted things that I wanted others to see, and they were unable to access the content without tumblr accounts. I called the blog the TL;DR place because the writing I do here is essentially a place for me to process through my thoughts. Most of my friend group isn’t all that interested in the same things, so I write rather than talk through it.
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.