Comments on: Clear Your Mind https://www.isegoria.net/2013/10/clear-your-mind/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Alrenous https://www.isegoria.net/2013/10/clear-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1001102 Alrenous Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:10:47 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33237#comment-1001102 It is not a good thing. But you can’t do anything about the fact that most are weaklings who can’t get through a social interaction without loads of cant.

On the other hand, novels. Lying is not the vice, deception is.

]]> By: James James https://www.isegoria.net/2013/10/clear-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1000702 James James Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:50:43 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33237#comment-1000702 “No: at all costs, it is to be prayed by all men that Shams may cease.”

]]> By: Asher https://www.isegoria.net/2013/10/clear-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1000556 Asher Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:34:43 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33237#comment-1000556 And, while you’re at it, clear your mind of Kant.

]]> By: Chris C. https://www.isegoria.net/2013/10/clear-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1000523 Chris C. Tue, 22 Oct 2013 01:44:34 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33237#comment-1000523 Not a good advertisement for a “life coach” to get the quote wrong. And while I get the idea of not limiting yourself by fear of failure, the truth is that I “can’t” sing worth a damn, so I’m not going to try out for a dinner theater musical. My motto is know your limits (I like math, too). If, through experience, I know what things I can do and those for which my odds of success are tiny, I can plan my activities much better than by assuming that a more positive attitude will carry the day. (That theory didn’t work too well in the trenches of WWI; elan was not sufficient to successfully charge machine guns.)

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