However, the claim that all truth is truth-for-X might also be understood in accordance with the way that John manipulated the phrase in his dispute with Julie about astrology.
① Scorpios tend to be luckier than Libras.
② It is true that Scorpios tend to be luckier than Libras.
③ It is true for Julie that Scorpios tend to be luckier than Libras.
④ Julie believes that Scorpios tend to
philosophical worldview within the novel. It made me wonder if Demian had genuinely come up with these thoughts on his own or if they were ideas passed down by his parents or teachers. I was deeply moved by Demian's courage to have his own thoughts and confidently say 'no' to his teachers, even back in middle school when he had various biblical books and formulated his own thoughts. Where does su
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
--Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), U. S. philosopher, author, naturalist
Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself can be altogether sterile: Something necessarily emerges, even if only the hope of some day meeting yourself again.
encounter it.
Never came trouble to my house in the likeness of your grace.
My lord.
I think this is your daughter.
Her mother hath many times told me so.
Were you in doubt, sir, that you asked her?
Signior Benedick, no!
If Signior Leonato be her father...
...she would not have his head on her shoulders for all Messina.
I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick. Nobody marks you.
involved the uneasy mixture of new scientific and philosophical investigations into the nature of the universe with traditional responses to scripture.
- In response to the Enlightenment’s intellectual rigor and call to ethical sentiment, the “Great Awakening” of 1735-50 encouraged a return to Calvinist zeal by stressing an intense emotional commitment and a complete surrender to faith.