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My book recommendations versus your book recommendations by James Folta: https://lithub.com/my-book-recommendations-versus-your-book-recommendations/

'There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same. He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate. What Plato has thought, he may think; what a saint has felt, he may feel; what at any time has befallen any man, he can understand. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only and sovereign agent.'

Naturally, Snyder‘s 20 rules on tyranny are pertinent & should be read & absorbed by everyone. But I am so grateful I was able to listen to this expanded edition. Snyder goes deep into the Ukraine/Russian War and how central Ukraine has been to history.

I learned so much & I cannot recommend this version enough.

In this fascinating crash course in philosophy, 15-year-old Sophie starts receiving mysterious letters from someone named Hilde, who oddly shares her birthday. These letters soon turn into eye-opening philosophy lessons. Sophie later meets Alberto, a philosopher who guides her through the ideas of history‘s greatest thinkers. From Socrates to Sartre, join Sophie as she explores how philosophy shapes the world—and her own reality. 🤔🤔🤯

...what we ordinarily call friends & friendships are nothing but acquaintanceships...in the friendship I speak of, our souls mingle and blend with each other so completely that they efface the seam that joined them...If you press me to tell why I loved him, I feel that this cannot be expressed, except by answering: Because it was he, because it was I.

(from "Of friendship", Book I, Essay 28)

#coffeeandabook #montaigne #essays #classics

"There is a great difference between doing what one does not approve and feigning to approve what one does; the one is the necessary case of a week person, the other befits the temper of a lackey."
-Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"

#5JoysFriday
1-2: spent a few days in green,lush Mendon VT where my brother & sister-in-law retired,with my CT sister, swimming in a reservoir,hiking to a waterfall,watching a play,reading on their porch,enjoying home cooked & restaurant meals. 3:Pepe‘s fresh tomato pizza & Caprese Di Burrata salad 4:my hummingbird visits 5: first outing for ice cream ! 🏊🏻‍♀️💦🥾⛰️🗻⛰️🌲🎭📚🐧🍓🫐🍉🥑🥗🥓🍳🥞☕️🍦

It was beautiful this afternoon, not too humid, not too hot. I didn‘t want to go back to work after lunch. My current read.

While I liked Unshrinking, I did find some of her arguments to be a bit off. Yes, BMI is a very flawed measurement; many people who aren‘t obese end up being classified that way because of it. However, Manne seems to argue that there‘s really nothing you can do about being fat, so you might as well not bother. As a fat person, I have a problem with this. I know skinny doesn‘t always equal healthy and fat doesn‘t always equal unhealthy. ⬇️