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Petition to drag words like sophrosyne and eudaimonia into the English language to capture their larger meaning, since "temperance" and the abysmally vague "happiness" fail to really capture their meaning.
— Jul 28, 2026 06:00AM
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Richard
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I'm into the section about how to use Columbo's techniques, and I'm paraphrasing a physicist's quote about theologians: "I climbed a mountain to learn rhetorical strategy and, when I got the top, an elicitor was there waiting for me."
— Aug 13, 2026 01:19PM
Richard
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Noting for later, need to find "The Hero in Transition" and Roland Barthes' "Mythologies" for deeper thinking on the socio-rhetorical construction of the stories we tell ourselves and each other.
— Jun 23, 2026 06:53AM