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Epicurus was very concerned about telling the truth, but telling it with tact and kindness. He thought philosophers used rhetoric to conceal the truth. Ancient Epicureans prided themselves on politely pointing out errors or misconceptions to offer other people, something that requires huge trust and respect. There is a right way to criticize and a …
” No one will bring back the years; no one will restore you to yourself. Life will follow the path it began to take, and will neither reverse nor check its course. It will cause no commotion to remind you of its swiftness, but glide on quietly. It will not lengthen itself for a king’s …
A team of anthropologists at University College London interviewed hundreds of couples in two hunter-gatherer tribes, the Palanan Agta of the Philippines and Congo’s Mbendjele BaYaka, as well as the Filipino farming tribe the Paranan, which is a patriarchal society. These people offer a strong approximation of the lifestyles and communities of our oldest ancestors …
When it comes to the arming of the police in a country in which rural sheriffs proudly sport battlefield-grade mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, and urban police units in New York City are being outfitted with Colt M4 semiautomatic assault rifles and machine guns, a report that 20 campus cops at Boston’s Northeastern University are going …
“Within large organisations there is often a culture that encourages “managing upwards” and the creation of “good news managers”. In order to advance or gain preferment in such organisations, displays of competence and effectiveness count for little; visibility and networking are all. Ambitious people in lower tiers of management quickly identify what senior managers prefer …
