Monday, August 8, 2011

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)


We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Praxeology - Episode 5 - The Rationality of Action

Possibly the most important lesson so far:

George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)


"The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is — not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him; or say, to make him think things for himself." George MacDonald

Friday, August 5, 2011

Praxeology - Episode 3 - Purposeful Action

If you choose not to act, you still have made an action (/Hat Tip to Neil Peart).


Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)


The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. Benjamin Franklin

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Praxeology - Episode 2 - Methodology

Max Stirner (1806 - 1856)


(Caricature by Frederick Engels)

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. Max Stirner