Tag: reason

11
Jun
2024

Control The Now Controllable (Jan 13)

__ Further Reflections 72: Take care of thatwithin your circle of control(i.e. your mind)and that circle may grow. 73: Will…

27
May
2024

Shift Your Caution (Jan 11)

__ Further Reflections 61: To avoid needless suffering,never focus on what you cannot control. 62: Those who have much suffering,cling…

27
May
2024

Reasoned Choice (Jan 10)

__ Further Reflections 56: Have good reasoning (i.e. wisdom)to make good choices,for the good of one and all. 57: External…

04
Aug
2020

True Philosophy Is Practical

  Philosophy is nothing elsethan to search out by reasonwhat is right and properand by deedsto put it into practice….

16
Apr
2020

Balance: Super Short Story # 712

Balance: Super Short Story # 712 She was too emotionalto listen to his reason. He was too rationalto empathise with…

29
Oct
2019

Death: Super Short Story #671 

Death: Super Short Story #671    Since you are dying,he told himself,why would you do this nonsense? Since you are…

29
Oct
2019

Trauma: Super Short Story #666

Trauma: Super Short Story #666    He thought it was unreasonableto let a single traumatic experienceshape his entire life,to make…

22
Sep
2019

Reasoning: Super Short Story #641

Reasoning: Super Short Story #641 She thought it wasalways possibleto win by pure reasoning,but some turned outto be purely unreasonable.

23
Aug
2019

Reason: Super Short Story #618

Reason: Super Short Story #618 It is unreasonableto assume both sides of a conflictare equally unreasonable,to thus equally demoniseand denounce…

14
Aug
2019

Reason: Super Short Story #601

Reason: Super Short Story #601 He decided that the only reasonable thing to do  when facing the unreasonable,who do not heed reason,is…

31
Jul
2019

Reason: Super Short Story #584

Reason: Super Short Story #584 She decided thateverything happens for a reason,and that even it seems unreasonable,she has to find…

04
Apr
2015

Happiness: Super Short Story #342

Super Short Story #342: Happiness She bore a grudge that he didn’t say sorry, though he really didn’t have to,…

15
Feb
2014

Reason: Super Short Story #311

Super Short Story #311: Reason He frets interacting with kids because he is particular about reasoning, and some kids are…

05
Sep
2012

Sam & Sara (382): Reasoning

Sam & Sara #382 Sara: How do you reason with the unreasonable? Sam: By showing them that they are unreasonable….

22
Jun
2012

Just Because

Just because another stops arguing with you, it does not mean you have won. It might mean there is no…

02
Jan
2012

Universal Reasoning

If there is universally accepted reasoning, there would be not a single conflict in the world. The question is whether…

02
Jan
2012

More Or Less Deluded

A Tit for a Tat (347) Tit: You can never win a seriously deluded person in argument – even if you…

03
Oct
2011

Wrong Direction

To sing with much emotion but with little reason, a song can be moving, but in a wrong direction. (Hey,…

26
Jul
2011

Always A Motive

From ‘Batman: Lovers and Madmen’ by Michael Green… Gordon: Damnest thing. Like there’s motive. Batman: There’s always a motive. What makes…

06
Jul
2011

His Bipolar Swinging

His bipolar swinging of reason and emotion in this life is just like a compression of my ‘bipolar’ swinging of…