Mika Stoitchkov
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The Sons of Cain [the rebel by Albert Camus]
now, reading this means I’ve overcame a bad time of thinking I found true love to just to get everything taken away from me by the choices of time — not my fault I do not blame myself, but I am reassured at last that I have found the one. And agree with myself upon this 1000 times.
But a while back, I was going through a rough time. In the book there is a section I haven’t read past since I closed this book in rage.
Metaphysical rebellion — and about the difference between one with the mental power to change and one with the physical power.
Metaphysical rebellion, in the real sense of the term, does not appear, in coherent form, in the history of ideas until the end of the eighteenth century—when modern times began to be the accompaniment of the cars of the falling ramparts. But from then on, its consequences develop uninterruptedly and its mo exaggeration to say that they have shaped the history of our times. Does this mean that metaphysical rebellion had no significance previous significance to this date? In any event, its origins must belong to the remote past, in that way we like to believe that we live in Promethean times, but is this really a Promethean age?
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The Canterbury Tales — 1930 reprint by the International collectors library
When April with his showers sweet with fruit
the drought of march has pierced unto the root
And bathed each vein with liquor that has power
to generate therein and sire with sweet breath
Quickened again, in every holt and heath
The tender shoots and buds, and the young sun
into the Ram one half his course has run
And many little birds make melody
Seeking help in regards to reading fiction books
Since the beginning of this year I've been getting into reading books, mostly fiction though. It's starting to become my favorite thing to do above anything else.
But what pains me is that very recently I have started to have a mental block when reading fiction books. Basically when ever I'm starting a fiction book and trying to get immersed into it's universe my mind just keeps telling me, "This isnt even real, why are you acting like it is?".
For the past week, I haven't even been able to get past chapter 1 of a book. Getting immersed into a universe and imagining that it is real has been impossible, due to this annoyance. This mental block has seriously hindered from reading and ultimately escaping this world for a bit. Not only has this been happening with novels but other fiction medias as well.
I badly want to enjoy reading fiction books again, really become properly immersed into the various universes and get lost in imagine that they are real ,without this hinderence. So please, anyone, I need help with getting past this mental block and removing it out of my head; any tips would help. Thank you
Can you use a fictional character from another story as an inspiration for your own? For instance the protagonist of my novel says that he met Indiana Jones in Mexico in 1959 and recounts their conversations and finally tells that this event inspired him to study archaeology. The whole flashback of their encounter is no longer than 6 pages. It clearly makes reference to known Indiana Jones frenchise but apart from my protagonist's conveying of this encounter, Indiana Jones plays no active role in the novel.
Ok so, a couple months ago I read this book called “Born Survivors” by Wendy Holden. I was wondering if anybody had read it so we could have a discussion. :))))
What are all the rights I don't have on this Earth?
The very idea of ‘rights’ is a human construct. When we refer to ‘inalienable rights’, we’re saying that those rights can’t be taken away.’ Definition of INALIENABLE
We’ve turned the idea of rights into a belief in guarantees — the ridiculous idea that life, liberty and pursuit of happiness cannot be taken away.
As for ‘rights I don’t have on this Earth’ — you have none that aren’t protected by your fellow humans. Your inalienable right to life, for example, can be taken away this minute by a sudden earthquake, an atomic bomb or an accident in your bathroom.
Only humans feel like they have rights. The rest of life on earth thrives on cycles of life and death, collaboration and competition. The rest of life doesn’t take anything for granted. Humans, on the other hand, expect life while sowing destruction.
Remember the #StopLine3 campaign?
Just as climate protestors predicted, Enbridge Corporation’s Line 3 construction did permanent damage to the pristine waters of Anishinaabe territory in northern Minnesota.
This report came out today (11/15/22) from Honor the Earth, the Indigenous group helped lead the tribal protests:
“Prior to the construction of Line 3, scientists and water protectors warned of potential hydrological disturbances and ecological destruction. Now that the pipeline is running tar sands oil, the MN Department of Natural Resources has publicly acknowledged three places where Enbridge pierced aquifers, causing profound damage to surrounding wetlands and water bodies.
Over the past year, Waadookawaad Amikwag (Those Who Help Beaver), an independent citizen science group powered entirely by volunteers and led by Indigenous values, has been diligently monitoring this damage. Contrary to the state’s limited assessment of harm, Waadookawaad Amikwag members can demonstrate permanent disturbance of surface and groundwaters at 45 sites across the headwaters of the Red River of the North, the Mississippi River, and the St. Louis River and Lake Superior Watersheds.
State agencies have not stepped up to monitor this ecological fallout, and federal regulators have not taken action to hold responsible parties accountable and prevent further harm.”
How do we combat climate change while our government still turns a blind eye to fossil fuel companies continuing to destroy our planet?
In the face of the climate crisis, is it a bad idea to have kids? This question has cropped up a great deal lately here on Quora’s Climate Crisis space.
Many of the answers have explained the hesitancy to bring a child into a world that is “on a road to climate hell” as Un Secretary General Antonio Guterres said recently. And many have pointed out the added carbon/waste footprint of a child.
An recent article on Medium by Mirei Takashima Claremont turned my head around on this topic. Among the points she makes, my favorite this is one:
“The debate around whether we should be having children or not is another example of putting the onus unfairly on individuals — a distraction that diverts our precious time, attention, and resources away from pushing for policy changes that can regulate corporate practices and meaningfully cut emissions.”
Was Aristotle an environmentalist?
During Aristotle’s time, 384–322 BC, the concept of having to protect the environment was still two millennia in the future.
Global population estimates for that are 100 million or so. Imagine all the people living in Japan today (around 125 million) being spread out around every continent on earth. So few of us and still so dependent on nature.
But in the sense that environmentalists are motivated by their love of nature, no one fits that description better than Aristotle. He was a genius beyond any modern calibration. He was a polymath — the rare human who is expert in multiple disciplines.
He studied physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, philosophy, ethics, meteorology and geology. He was taught by Plato, who in turn had been taught by Socrates. (my mnemonic for this sequences of brilliant Greek philisophers is: SPA). He and his friends were inquisitive about every element of nature.
The White House plans to study spraying aerosols such as sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere to counter climate change. What are your thoughts?
If the White House is indeed planning to study the concept of spraying aerosols into the stratosphere to cool the earth, they are not the first.
As the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
My first book, Dakota White, was about a man tortured by his ancestors’ complicity in Native American oppression. Our white ancestors are guilty of genocide as well as self-defeating stupidity. Had we paid attention to indigenous wisdom we would not have a climate crisis.
Inspired by David Copperfield, Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead supplants nightmarish 19th childhoods with 21st Century realities that would curl Dickens’ toes.
Demon was born to a single teen mom who lacked the foresight to see the name her little redheaded boy would inevitably be stuck with when she named him Damon. That was the least of