"I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to get on; that the trampling, crushing , elbowing, and treading on each other’s heels are the most desirable lot of human kind." John Stuart Mill, a passionate supporter …
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According to the Guardian newspaper, thousands of house-husbands are being dumped by their working wives because childcare isn’t seen as macho enough for them, just not sexy. They resent being the breadwinners and still subconsciously think it is the man who should be bringing in the money and pulling his weight financially. In the UK …
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Humans evolved on the savannah recognizing movement and potential threat. Our brains are primed to presume the presence of agents that determine potential pursuits, attacks and escapes. What cannot be explained physically has to be explained by the supernatural. Secondly, our brains are primed to look for answers …….to unusual events. “Luck is too miss …
The variations concluding Op.109 embody two cycles of transformation: the first 5 variations recast the theme and develop its structures and character in a variety of expressive contexts, while the sixth variation initiates a new series of changes, compressed into a single continuous process that is guided by the logical unfolding of rhythmic development. In …
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“America, it turns out , is not one nation under one God. We answer, in actuality, to four Gods. In an intriguing new survey by Gallop for Baylor University, Americans were asked how they conceived of the deity. The most popular God, backed by 31%, is an “authoritarian” father figure who takes a very hands-on …
