Live while you are alive
France is in the news for the most horrible of reasons. I have just returned from a walking trip in Provence. I discussed with my wife how France had changed over the years (she lived there years ago amd speaks good French). Our impressions are as follows: – rather good English is now spoken by …
In a unanimous ruling, Canada’s supreme court recently struck down the country’s law that bans doctor-assisted suicide. The court said the law denies people the right “to make decisions concerning their bodily integrity and medical care” and leaves them “to endure intolerable suffering”. The ruling includes several provisions: * Patients must be competent adults who …
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“God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference”. (The text on a birthday card produced by Oatmeal Studios, of North Adams, Massachusetts). Witty, but Epicurean, too. Don’t waste time on disagreeable people, enjoy …
Some think that the humanities have become so disconnected from the real world that they are of small interest to most people. Examples of this might include: Philosophy: In a whole video course I took some while ago the lecturer’s arcane and jargon-filled discussion contained nothing about ethics or how to live one’s life. In …
Setting out to achieve something in life, for neither money nor fame – accomplishment for the sake of accomplishment – is one of the great thrills in life. Even if you don’t succeed, at least you can say you have tried. Where would mankind be now if those with an idea and a passion had …
