Tuesday, January 26, 2021

sic volo, sic jubeo ~ C.S. The Abolition of Man

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  sic volo ,  sic jubeo T hus I will, thus I command, my pleasure stands for a reason. The Abolition of Man (page 65) ~ C.S. Lewis This remi...
Friday, January 8, 2021

Afterfeast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ~ Commemorated January 8th

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  Afterfeast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Commemorated on  January 8 Troparion & Kontakion The second day of the...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Sayings St. Peter of Damaskos ~ Opposites (good/evil/heaven/hell) and the Way of the Saint

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  "One day, while St. Antony was sitting with a certain Abba, a virgin came up and said to the Elder: 'Abba, I fast six days of the...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Sayings Emmanuel Kant ~ three formulations of the Categorical Imperative (Ethics and others as a means to something else)

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  “Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.” ( Ibid.,  422) “Act as th...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Sayings Hippocrates ~ "To help, or at least do no harm"

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     As to diseases,  make a habit of two things —to  help, or at least to do no harm . I swear by Apollo the physician, by Asclepius, by H...

Hippocratic Oath

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  The Hippocratic Oath divides into two parts—the oath and the covenant. In the oath, the physician swears (to a list of pagan gods) his all...

Commemorated on December 17 ~ Venerable Dionysius of Aegina "Forgiveness"

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  Venerable Dionysius of Aegina Commemorated on  December 17 Troparion & Kontakion Saint Dionysius of Zakynthos, the Bishop of Aegina wa...