eatfastnoodle
January 25th 08, 12:12 AM
On Jan 24, 3:37*pm, eatfastnoodle > wrote:
> he may not make natural; there is nothing natural he may
> not lose.
>
> 95. Memory, joy, are intuitions; and even mathematical propositions become
> intuitions, for education produces natural intuitions, and natural
> intuitions are erased by education.
>
> 96. When we are accustomed to use bad reasons for proving natural effects,
> we are not willing to receive good reasons when they are discovered. An
> example may be given from the circulation of the blood as a reason why the
> vein swells below the ligature.
>
> 97. The most important affair in life is the choice of a calling; chance
> decides it. Custom makes men masons, soldiers, slaters. "He is a good
> slater," says one, and, speaking of soldiers, remarks, "They are perfect
> fools." But others affirm, "There is nothing great but war; the rest of men
> are good for nothing." We choose our callings according as we hear this or
> that praised or despised in our childhood, for we naturally love truth and
> hate folly. These words move us; the only error is in their application. So
> great is the force of custom that, out of those whom nature has only made
> men, are created all conditions of men. For some districts are full of
> masons, others of soldiers, etc. Cert
what the **** is this? I never posted it, how come it appeared as a
reply with my use name on it?
> he may not make natural; there is nothing natural he may
> not lose.
>
> 95. Memory, joy, are intuitions; and even mathematical propositions become
> intuitions, for education produces natural intuitions, and natural
> intuitions are erased by education.
>
> 96. When we are accustomed to use bad reasons for proving natural effects,
> we are not willing to receive good reasons when they are discovered. An
> example may be given from the circulation of the blood as a reason why the
> vein swells below the ligature.
>
> 97. The most important affair in life is the choice of a calling; chance
> decides it. Custom makes men masons, soldiers, slaters. "He is a good
> slater," says one, and, speaking of soldiers, remarks, "They are perfect
> fools." But others affirm, "There is nothing great but war; the rest of men
> are good for nothing." We choose our callings according as we hear this or
> that praised or despised in our childhood, for we naturally love truth and
> hate folly. These words move us; the only error is in their application. So
> great is the force of custom that, out of those whom nature has only made
> men, are created all conditions of men. For some districts are full of
> masons, others of soldiers, etc. Cert
what the **** is this? I never posted it, how come it appeared as a
reply with my use name on it?