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  1. May 2023
    1. we are left with a choice: between a dream that only in part reveals the future and a dream entirely concerned with the future—but a future that is not fixed and inevitable, that can be changed.

      Two 'realistic' options?

  2. Nov 2022
    1. pectinated

      formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections that resemble the teeth of a comb.

      (an old woman whose rosy face was pectinated with fine wrinkles) Poor usage?

  3. Oct 2022
    1. Even in the jollity of the pantomime and comfortable smell of well-dressed people the thought of the journey home through the rainy evening brooded upon the gayest scene.

      brooded upon the gayest scene!

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  8. Jun 2015
    1. What is within the circle of appropriate investigation for philosophical enquiry? Demonstration by the abstract sciences should be limited to quantity and number. Reasoning beyond this boundary is sophistry. All other enquiries regard matters of fact and existence and are incapable of demonstration. It is just as conceivable that something does not exist as that it does. Both ideas are clear and distinct.

      Isolation of qty and #. It is sophistry beyond this.

    1. the near future. What tools were available for this purpose? And how did these differ from one another? Apart from addressing these two queries, this post also

      How things change. My own manicula, a C21 version

  9. Mar 2015