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Plants aren’t as simple as you think they are

Frank DeMarco — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:44:32 +0000

Another blow to mechanistic interpretations of the universe

A classic statement on how to live

Frank DeMarco — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:48:34 +0000

The first time I saw Max Ehrmann’s classic statement was on a birthday card from my father-in-law. I thought at the time that perhaps he was trying to make a point – give me a nudge – that he didn’t feel able to do orally.I have seen this piece derided, and of course it has [...]

“I of my own knowledge…”

Frank DeMarco — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:07:01 +0000

In ancient Egypt (so says Joan Grant, in Winged Pharaoh), the priests used this formula in their teaching: “I of my own knowledge tell you that this is the truth.” Not, “This is what I have been taught,” but, “I of my own knowledge…” Where, today, would we find equivalent knowledge? Equivalent institutions? Our universities [...]

About

Frank DeMarco — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:29:43 +0000

This blog is about you, or rather us. I was well into middle age before I discovered what I knew all along had to exist somewhere. Even when I was very young, I knew that human life as we commonly experience it is not right, is strangely not the real thing. When I was 24 [...]