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by Bill Wiltrack » Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:25 pm
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... absorbs and degrades the mind.
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by John » Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:33 pm
We know that was Aristiotle's opinion so are we to take it that it's also yours?
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by Bill Wiltrack » Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:05 pm
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Who am I?
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by Pluto » Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:18 pm
I didn't know Aristotle had said that, now I do, what am I to do with it I wonder, the realities are that I must do just that: seek paid work - as most must.
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by Arising_uk » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:08 pm
Bill Wiltrack wrote: Who am I?
Don't know? Who do you think you are?
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by Arising_uk » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:11 pm
Bill Wiltrack wrote: All paid work ... absorbs and degrades the mind.
Bill Wiltrack wrote: All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
~~~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~~~
Notice any contradiction in your thoughts?
Or do you think any paid work cannot uplifit humanity? If so you appear to be contradicting your 'way'?
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by duszek » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:16 pm
And if we added the word "unpaid" before M.L. King´s "labor" ?
"All unpaid labor that uplifts humanity .... "
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by Bill Wiltrack » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:43 pm
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WOW!
Thank you for bringing up this connection between two seemingly incongruent thoughts!
I personally would go with the quote from perhaps the greatest modern philosopher that I know of, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. .
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
~~~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~~~
Thank you for participating within this thread on this seemingly holy Martin Luther King Day here in the states.
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by bobevenson » Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:05 pm
MLK Day is just another lost day of production.