Written By Cambria
July 27, 2019, 1:04 p.m.(7/16/1011 AR)
The mind is essentially functional. As various thinkers throughout history have argued, the primary purpose of the mind is not to arrive at truth, but to enable us to pursue our ends, which are largely practical. We therefore believe many things not because they are true, but because they make us feel a certain way. And though truth is not determined by feeling, in one sense moral value is. Therefore, our judgments concerning the worth of things, big or little, depend on the feelings the things arouse in us.
Written By Cambria
July 26, 2019, 2:32 a.m.(7/13/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Yvon
A lack of self-knowledge is, perhaps, our greatest problem.
You have inspired me to begin the penning of a new series of discourses.
You have inspired me to begin the penning of a new series of discourses.
Written By Cambria
July 21, 2019, 5:04 p.m.(7/4/1011 AR)
Arriving at the objective good requires exacting impartiality, something that, in many instances, is contrary to the interests of one's in-group relations.
Written By Cambria
July 21, 2019, 12:45 a.m.(7/3/1011 AR)
While it is true that controlling propaganda is a vital tool, merely observing this misses another important point: controlling propaganda is only useful if you know how to use it. Part of this mastery comes with anticipating how your opponents will respond to your tactics. It is much like being an expert showman who can account for every aspect of his theater.
Written By Cambria
July 6, 2019, 12:48 p.m.(6/1/1011 AR)
A scold is a person who takes pleasure in lecturing the rest of us about what they perceive as our failings.
Written By Cambria
July 5, 2019, 10:58 a.m.(5/27/1011 AR)
One cannot be loyal to two masters, or two of anything, for that matter. Inevitably, you will have to make a choice as to which, or whom, is primary.
Written By Cambria
June 23, 2019, 1:48 p.m.(5/4/1011 AR)
Relationship Note on Hadrian
I understand that I have fallen behind on those crisp high fives that I owe you, dear heart...but next time I will not attempt to catch up by offering you any more than three at one time. Five was two too many. The palm of my hand is still red, and now that the stinging pain has subsided, I do believe it is sore and even slightly swollen.
Your hands are much larger than mine, and your arms possess much more strength. These delicate palms cannot possibly withstand repeated direct force from what may as well have been the rapid and successive strikes of a wild cat.
Mistake me not, though - I really do appreciate them.
(But I did have to dictate this).
Your hands are much larger than mine, and your arms possess much more strength. These delicate palms cannot possibly withstand repeated direct force from what may as well have been the rapid and successive strikes of a wild cat.
Mistake me not, though - I really do appreciate them.
(But I did have to dictate this).
Written By Cambria
June 23, 2019, 1:32 p.m.(5/4/1011 AR)
Condemnation, for more people than those with gentle temperament may realize, can be a source a great pleasure. After all, it combines the delights of self righteousness with those of revenge, sadism, and the contemplation of discomfort or worse of other people. It requires no courage and is within the capacity of all to act upon.
Written By Cambria
June 23, 2019, 12:18 p.m.(5/3/1011 AR)
It is a strange fact of the human condition that one often has mixed feelings about what one hates. We are drawn back over and over again to contemplate that which we supposedly detest and wish destroyed. As I have matured, and have had time upon which to reflect, I have determined that there is more than one reason for this.
To start, hatred can be an enjoyable emotion. One can garner a sense of moral superiority to whatever is hated as well as a possible source of purpose in life, if one takes up the cause against it in any practical way. But it can also be restful, even comforting to the mind, insofar as it relieves the necessity to think any further about other things in all their tiresome complexity. The latter, complexity, is apt to frighten or overwhelm us, to reduce us to a state of paralysis or powerlessness.
To start, hatred can be an enjoyable emotion. One can garner a sense of moral superiority to whatever is hated as well as a possible source of purpose in life, if one takes up the cause against it in any practical way. But it can also be restful, even comforting to the mind, insofar as it relieves the necessity to think any further about other things in all their tiresome complexity. The latter, complexity, is apt to frighten or overwhelm us, to reduce us to a state of paralysis or powerlessness.
Written By Cambria
June 16, 2019, 3:59 p.m.(4/18/1011 AR)
Expect little.
Get less.
Learn more.
Get less.
Learn more.
Written By Cambria
June 16, 2019, 11:51 a.m.(4/18/1011 AR)
There are those who believe that every evil can have a good outcome if only we do just the right thing. Therefore, they impose such a biased perspective, as opposed to an unflinchingly disinterested one, on the very perception of difficult problems. In reality, however, there are many situations where only bad or indeed tragic outcomes are possible.
"Wisdom is learning what to overlook," a Scholar once wrote...and yet sometimes overlooking things only makes them worse.
"Wisdom is learning what to overlook," a Scholar once wrote...and yet sometimes overlooking things only makes them worse.
Written By Cambria
June 9, 2019, 1:53 p.m.(4/4/1011 AR)
Carelessly, I put Soteris in the crib with his brother, Verus. I thought the two would be pleased to nap together. How wrong I was. Verus began to yell, and Soteris to cry. I suppose out of territorial priorities. Damianos, however, insisted he nap with me. Nobody was happy until they all napped with me.
Even the Marquis.
Even the Marquis.
Written By Cambria
June 9, 2019, 1:17 p.m.(4/4/1011 AR)
It is important to think with proper detachment, and to reason in a context-specific fashion. One must always be willing to change their mind as one learns more in new circumstances.
Written By Cambria
June 2, 2019, 11:10 a.m.(3/17/1011 AR)
I was sorry to have been unable to attend the night of story telling hosted at the manor, but it does please me to discover that those who were able to make it enjoyed themselves.
Written By Cambria
May 26, 2019, 8:54 p.m.(3/4/1011 AR)
Some people show up late to dinner.
Others leave dinner early.
One hopes all enjoy the food, however.
Others leave dinner early.
One hopes all enjoy the food, however.
Written By Cambria
May 25, 2019, 12:03 p.m.(3/2/1011 AR)
Speaking of recently arrived individuals, I was pleased to discover that Dianara Whisper is now residing here in the capital as well. I simply cannot wait to see her again, and catch up.
Written By Cambria
May 25, 2019, 11:57 a.m.(3/2/1011 AR)
Antea has arrived in Arx. It always pleases me when any member of my House makes the long journey to the capital, but it has been quite some time since she and I communicated in any way other than letters.
Written By Cambria
May 19, 2019, 7:35 p.m.(2/18/1011 AR)
My cousin, Marvella, wed a man of House Steelhart. By him she has three children, and though he was lost during the King's Rest, he has never been forgotten by her or our House. When word reached me of the destruction of the entire House of Steelhart, I was shocked. Raids by and against the tribes of the Shav'arvani are by no means unheard of, but for an entire House to be slaughtered...
Written By Cambria
May 19, 2019, 11:54 a.m.(2/18/1011 AR)
A recent discovery has me wondering...
Have you ever been afraid of someone who is only there to help you?
Have you ever been afraid of someone who is only there to help you?
Written By Cambria
May 12, 2019, 1:18 a.m.(2/3/1011 AR)
Sometimes I wonder who is more reconciled with death: men, or women?
Women, after all, bring life into the world, and therefore, we are a kind of debtor.
What is given is taken in turn.
Women, after all, bring life into the world, and therefore, we are a kind of debtor.
What is given is taken in turn.
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