Posts by mariapopova@indieweb.social
(DIR) Post #AUSabmluvocqrIcziK by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-09T01:24:34Z
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Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran, born on this day in 1911, on the courage to disillusion yourself https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/02/18/emil-cioran-delusion/
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2023-04-06T04:15:04Z
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The Little Prince (which is one of the greatest works of philosophy of all time) was published 80 years ago today. Here are Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's original watercolors for it and the bittersweet true story behind the beloved book https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/02/03/exupery-little-prince-morgan-drawings/
(DIR) Post #AUSxuCbNvrcX7yS6Vc by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-08T17:03:07Z
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The evolutionary mystery of why some people are left-handed and what it reveals about how the brain works in all of us https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/03/31/left-handedness-david-wolman/
(DIR) Post #AUYU8Q7AeqMDPjwWky by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-11T21:39:47Z
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“A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful.”Remembering the great Primo Levi, who died on this day in 1987 https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/24/primo-levi-survival-in-auschwitz/
(DIR) Post #AUut6jQfmQN01IxhFA by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-22T16:04:25Z
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“Love the earth and sun and the animals… dismiss whatever insults your own soul.” #EarthDay with Walt Whitman's advice on living a vibrant and rewarding life https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/05/31/walt-whitman-leaves-of-grass-preface/
(DIR) Post #AUxSJZ0li4aOBbcSeW by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-23T22:35:58Z
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The four desires driving all human behavior – Bertrand Russell's magnificent Nobel Prize acceptance speech https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/09/21/bertrand-russell-nobel-prize-acceptance-speech/
(DIR) Post #AV14KYF2R9eXow4VOq by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-25T16:35:59Z
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“If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are, the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun.”Alain de Botton on love, vulnerability, and the psychological paradox of sulking: https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/06/27/alain-de-botton-the-course-of-love/
(DIR) Post #AV21DKgEM1QP1rcIlM by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-26T01:04:53Z
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Stunning vintage Scottish illustrations of birds https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/02/07/edinburgh-journal-birds/
(DIR) Post #AV31QSCjstpHHv2U1g by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-26T15:16:17Z
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Marcus Aurelius was born on this day in 121. His little-known teenage love letters to his tutor: https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/02/16/marcus-aurelius-in-love-amy-richlin/
(DIR) Post #AV640VUbv2AxIHb5hQ by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-28T02:30:31Z
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Bruce Springsteen on surviving depression and his strategy for living through the visitations of the darkness https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/20/bruce-springsteen-depression/
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2023-04-28T04:31:25Z
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“When you realize you are mortal you also realize the tremendousness of the future. You fall in love with a Time you will never perceive.”https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/02/06/etel-adnan-journey-to-mount-tamalpais/
(DIR) Post #AVAAyY2GyCBOufC9sO by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-30T02:01:22Z
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The French polymath Henri Poincaré, born on this day in 1854, on how creativity works https://www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/15/henri-poincare-on-how-creativity-works/
(DIR) Post #AVAYbs8YSugjUmqzoG by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-04-29T22:36:43Z
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“To forgive is to assume a larger identity than the person who was first hurt.”This is wonderful: https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/05/15/david-whyte-consolations-anger-forgiveness-maturity/
(DIR) Post #AVCCjyCM0Jppw40Tsu by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-05-01T01:36:57Z
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"As the beautiful does not exist for the artist and poet alone...so the world of Reality exists for all; and all may participate in it, unite with it, according to their measure and to the strength and purity of their desire." Superb century-old read https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/04/28/evelyn-underhill-practical-mysticism/
(DIR) Post #AVDDEIrFwzwXr8Yvrs by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-05-01T13:04:15Z
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Beautiful Brain – the stunning drawings of neuroscience founding father Santiago Ramón y Cajal, born on this day in 1852 https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/02/23/beautiful-brain-santiago-ramon-y-cajal/
(DIR) Post #AVEThIUQBwwfXJgm12 by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-05-02T02:17:40Z
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Diseases of the Will – the founding father of neuroscience, born on this day in 1852, on the 6 character pitfalls that keep the talented from reaching greatness https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/03/17/diseases-of-the-will-cajal-advice-for-a-young-investigator/
(DIR) Post #AVG86CtsIiYGlUzGVc by mariapopova@indieweb.social
2023-05-02T21:54:29Z
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Consciousness, AI, and our search for meaning – Oliver Sacks on ChatGPT, 30 years before ChatGPT https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/02/oliver-sacks-making-up-the-mind/
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2023-05-04T02:45:16Z
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“Gardening is like poetry in that it is gratuitous, and also that it cannot be done on will alone.”May Sarton on writing, gardening, and the role of patience in creative work https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/04/18/may-sarton-gardening-writing/
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2023-05-05T18:02:49Z
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“Of all ridiculous things the most ridiculous seems to me, to be busy.”Kierkegaard, born 210 years ago today, on our greatest source of unhappiness – wisdom epochs ahead of our present age of cultish productivity https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/05/05/kierkegaard-on-presence-unhappiness/
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2023-05-05T22:33:51Z
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“Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.”Baldwin's advice on writing (which applies to so much creative work) https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/02/08/james-baldwin-advice-on-writing/