19 september 2017
De hoenderhokknuppel van David Hume, Esq.
It would be easy to prove that suicide is as lawful under the Christian dispensation as it was to the Heathens. There is not a single text of scripture which prohibits it. That great and infallible rule of faith and practice which must controul all philosophy and human reasoning, has left us in this particular to our natural liberty. Resignation to Providence is indeed recommended in scripture; but that implies only submission to ills that are unavoidable, not to such as may be remedied by prudence or courage. Thou shalt not kill, is evidently meant to exclude only the killing of others, over whose life we have no authority. That this precept, like most of the scripture precepts, must be modified by reason and common sense, is plain from the practice of magistrates, who punish criminals capitally, notwithstanding the letter of the law. But were this commandment ever so express against suicide, it would now have no authority, for all the law of Moses is abolished, except so far as it is established by the law of nature. And we have already endeavoured to prove that suicide is not prohibited by that law. In all cases Christians and Heathens are precisely upon the same footing; Cato and Brutus, Arrea and Portia acted herocially; those who now imitate their example ought to receive the same praises from posterity. The power of committing suicide is regarded by Pliny as an advantage which men possess even above the Deity himself.
Deus non sibi potest mortem consciscere si velit quod homini dedit optimum in tantis vitae paenis.
Essays on suicide, and the immortality of the soul: ascribed to the late David Hume, Esq. Never before published. With remarks, intended as an antidote to the poison contained in these performances, by the editor. To which is added, two letters on suicide.' Oxford Text Archive, Oxford University. iBooks.
David Hume - Wikipedia
Deus non sibi potest mortem consciscere si velit quod homini dedit optimum in tantis vitae paenis.
Essays on suicide, and the immortality of the soul: ascribed to the late David Hume, Esq. Never before published. With remarks, intended as an antidote to the poison contained in these performances, by the editor. To which is added, two letters on suicide.' Oxford Text Archive, Oxford University. iBooks.
David Hume - Wikipedia
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filosofie
18 september 2017
Dik glas
Na Het experiment om het experiment (2) was het hoog tijd om te zien of soortgelijke effecten ook mogelijk waren met een analoge camera. Hieronder de eerste foto’s. De resultaten zijn niet verkeerd, dus de hoogste tijd om maar eens een hele rol vol te schieten.Canon EOS 500 met verlopen Kodak Ektar 200 (04/1999), geschoten op ISO 100, ontwikkeld in Tetenal Color Colortec C-41. Een foto van het ‘dikke glas’ is te vinden in de eerder genoemde blogpost.
N.B. De lens is nog steeds vuil. Schoonmaken kan altijd nog.
N.B. De lens is nog steeds vuil. Schoonmaken kan altijd nog.
The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours
'Very true,' said the Duchess: 'flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that is—"Birds of a feather flock together."'
'Only mustard isn't a bird,' Alice remarked.
'Right, as usual,' said the Duchess: 'what a clear way you have of putting things!'
'It's a mineral, I THINK,' said Alice.
'Of course it is,' said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everything that Alice said; 'there's a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is—"The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours."'
'Only mustard isn't a bird,' Alice remarked.
'Right, as usual,' said the Duchess: 'what a clear way you have of putting things!'
'It's a mineral, I THINK,' said Alice.
'Of course it is,' said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everything that Alice said; 'there's a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is—"The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours."'
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Alice,
Lewis Carroll
17 september 2017
I'll never go there again
'At any rate I'll never go THERE again!' said Alice as she picked her way through the wood. 'It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!'
16 september 2017
Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
'I don't much care where—' said Alice.
'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
'—so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.
'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
'I don't much care where—' said Alice.
'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
'—so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.
'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.'
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Alice,
Lewis Carroll
15 september 2017
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