Marc Gilbert-Widmann

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Anonymous Quote de la Dia – Closed Minds

    At least those with closed minds never have to worry about their brains gathering dust Related articles Some Love to you on El Día del Amor y la Amistad Feliz Día Del Amor y la Amistad Día de la Independencia Nuestro Accesorio favorito del dia. El Día de la Paz Livefyre and Cinco Dias power…

  • Bad joke of the Day

    An NSA guy walks into a bar. Bartender says, “want to hear a great joke?” NSA guy says, “heard it.” Related articles NSA Joke 🙂 Science jokes Geek Jokes Research on jokes: “Who tells the best jokes? Neurotic, aggressive jerks” Is the Creation Museum a Threat or a Joke? Ghp – 5feb14 – daily bad…

  • The Changing Face of my Dreams – 24 February 2014

    I don’t mean to be a tease, but the meat of this writing is under Thoreau… “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.” “Things do not change, we do.” “Be not simply good,…

  • Freudian Words of the Day 22Feb 2014 ~ Oedipus Complex

    “Religion is the universal obsessional neurosis of mankind; like the obsessional neurosis of children, arouse out of the Oedipus complex, out of the relation to the father… [It is] a parallel to the neurosis which the civilized individual must pass through on his way from childhood to maturity.” “The God–Creator is openly called father. Psychoanalysis…

  • Poetry of the Day 19FEB2014 – Be Kind

    Be Kind we are always asked to understand the other person’s viewpoint no matter how out-dated foolish or obnoxious. one is asked to view their total error their life-waste with kindliness, especially if they are aged. but age is the total of our doing. they have aged badly because they have lived out of focus,…

  • Quote(s) of President’s Day – Church and State and Church and State

    Founding father numero uno (Deist) George Washington (Independant party) rarely if ever spoke of god or religion. He was the founding father of the separation of church and state. He regularly attended church but rejected communion. He never once mentioned jesus christ in ANY of his extensive correspondence. He adamantly instructed that workmen hired for…

  • Enlightened Words of the Day 15FEB 2014 – Mature Person

    The mature person accepts his situation and doesn’t desire anything outside of it. If he finds himself rich and honored, he acts as a rich man should act; if he is poor, he acts as a poor man should act; if he is among barbarians, he acts as a barbarian should act. Life can present…

  • Quote of the Day 12 February 2014 ~ Connected

    “We’re all pieces of the same ever-changing puzzle; some connected for mere seconds, some connected for life, some connected through knowledge, some through belief, some connected through wisdom, some through Love, and some connected with no explanation at all. Yet, as spiritual beings having a human experience, we’re all here for the sensations this reality…

  • William Shakespaere Poetry Tuesday ~ Venus and Adonis

    from Venus and Adonis But, lo! from forth a copse that neighbours by, A breeding jennet, lusty, young, and proud, Adonis’ trampling courser doth espy, And forth she rushes, snorts and neighs aloud; The strong-neck’d steed, being tied unto a tree, Breaketh his rein, and to her straight goes he.Imperiously he leaps, he neighs, he…

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