Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Fort Hood: I choose 13 over thousands
Hi readers...it's been a while. I have a new baby who is 3 weeks old, and I can't sleep. Oh, she's asleep now, and technically this is my chance to catch some zzzz too. My mind is whirling though, and I can't shut it off. My Brad told me last night about the Fort Hood massacre. You want to know what I think? I think the death of 13 people from a terrorist is less scary than the death of 13 to a regular deranged military man...which is much more likely. The implications are much more sinister...what is going on in the US military to create deranged minds? And if it is a terrorist? I'm not worried about him. He's only one man. 13 deaths pale in comparison to the greater tragedy that is created when fear prompts decision making. I'm more worried about what other Americans are going to do to other Americans in the name of safety and security. That death toll could be in the thousands.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Finances
All I can say is pay God and yourself, then make your bills as low as possible and automate them. Know the difference between need and want, and buy tools, not entertainment. Some of the best books I have read on the subject are "Your Money or Your life", "Rich Dad Poor Dad" series, "The Richest Man in Babylon", and Janine Bolon's "Money...It's not just for Rich People!"
I'm not a professional advice giver, but I have learned a few things from the street!
I'm not a professional advice giver, but I have learned a few things from the street!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
An Idiot's Guide to Novum Organum by Francis Bacon
Hi Everybody,
I am posting all this to be a helpful tool if you're studying Novum Organum by Francis Bacon. I had an assignment to read it, but I wasn't retaining ANYTHING. I had to do the harder thing...which was summarize every axiom in my own words. It's in English. It's condensed. Hopefully, you can come away from this great work with a deeper understanding of it. Don't forget to read it! It's a wikiSource.
Book 1
1. All man’s actions and understanding come from nature observance.
2. A hand needs knowledge to accomplish anything and vice versa.
3. High knowledge and High Power meet in unity. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed.
4. Man can only gather or divide natural bodies.
5. Nature workers-mechanics, mathematicians, physicians, alchemists and magicians-have little success.
6. New ends require new means.
7. All mind and hand produce from the same few things.
8. Chance and experiment produce more than sciences.
9. The evil of science is we don’t look for the true helps of the human mind.
10. Nature inspires more deep thought than any other though it is not recorded.
11. Sciences find no new works, as logic finds no new sciences.
12. Logic fixes and stabilizes errors with no search for truth. This does more harm than good.
13. The syllogism can not be successfully applied to nature or even a proposition.
14. To be sure of propositions, we must be sure of the facts they are based on.
15. It is impossible to be sure of facts from logic and physic.
16. Facts can be determined from the senses but can also be confused by motion.
17. This same confusion influences common induction and syllogism.
18. Science discoveries are based on only the most vulgar notions.
19. 2 ways to find truth: fast to general truth, slow gradual climb.
20. Logic leads to higher generalities while forgetting experiment.
21. A mind left alone will search by experiment, but needs assistance to progress.
22. Without gradual building of truth from experiment, you only have useless abstract generalities.
23. Idols of humans are empty dogmas. Ideas of divine are marks in nature.
24. Small discoveries of little things lead to bigger ones.
25. Axioms now are based on scanty evidence.
26. conclusions of human reason on nature are anticipations of nature. Conclusions based on facts are interpretation of nature.
27. Anticipation can create consent.
28. to win assent, anticipations are better than interpretations because the few number of examples touch the understanding and imagination.
29. in dogma and opinion sciences, anticipations and logic are good because they win assent.
30. Anticipations of the mind are flawed scientifically from the beginning.
31. new things must be build on foundations, not the old.
32. Bacon wants to guide to new ways and methods, not judge the past
33. he refused to be judged by anticipation
34. Speaking is hard because of no reference
35. He hopes doctrine finds those prepared to hear it.
36. we must lead men to particulars and facts, and the order that follows
37. Not much in nature can be known from our current methods.
38. Idols and false notions fill human minds.
39. Idols of the: Tribe, Cave, Market-place, Theatre
40. Idols should be pointed out and remedied by formation of ideas and axioms by true induction.
induction
INDUC'TION, n. [L. induction. See Induct.]
1. Literally, a bringing in; introduction; entrance. Hence,
2. In logic and rhetoric, the act of drawing a consequence from two or more propositions, which are called premises.
3. The method of reasoning from particulars to generals, or the inferring of one general proposition from several particular ones.
4. The conclusion or inference drawn from premises or from propositions which are admitted to be true, either in fact, or for the sake of argument.
5. The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or giving possession of an ecclesiastical living; or the introduction of a person into an office by the usual forms and ceremonies. Induction is applied to the introduction of officers, only when certain oaths are to be administered or other formalities are to be observed, which are intended to confer authority or give dignity to the transaction. In Great Britain, induction is used for giving possession of ecclesiastical offices. In the United States, it is applied to the formal introduction of civil officers, and the higher officers of colleges.
41. Idols of the tribe are founded in human nature.
42. Idols of the cave are founded in individual man
43. Idols of the marketplace are formed by intercourse and association of men with each other.
44. Idols of Theatre are come from multiple philosophies and wrong laws of demonstration.
45. Humans see the world as more orderly than it actually is.
46. Humans back up their opinions with everything they see regardless of truth.
47. Human minds are affected by things that enter suddenly and at the same time. Pulling pieces together like a puzzle is very slow.
48. Human mind is always moving. This makes us believe in infinity and eternity.
49. Affections and will affect every science and how far it is understood.
50. Most errors come from the senses. Yet without them, thought is reduced.
51. Humans give a lot of attention to abstractions
52. Abstractions are idols of the tribe
53. Idols of cave come from different characteristics of each individual.
54. Men take on the sciences they spent more work on and think themselves inventors.
55. Some people notice differences and some commonalities.
56. Some like the old, other the new ideas of the world.
57. Studying parts of a whole are all consuming. Studying the structure of the whole is overwhelming. Time should be spent switching from one to another to achieve understanding.
58. Doing number 57 will destroy the idols of the cave.
59. Men believe reason governs words. True, but only a very small part. Trying to redefine is faulty because those are made of words, so you must use examples.
60. we are either confused by names of things that don’t exist based on false and idle theories which can be dismissed as obsolete., or names of things that do, but are confused, irregular, hasty and ill defined
61. Idols of Theatre are plainly taught.
62. There are many of them. The rational school picks theories from a few examples and gives them no serious thought. Another school educes out and constructs systems. Another looks for origin of sciences in spirits. These are the Sophistical, Empirical and Superstitious as listed.
63. Aristotle corrupted natural philosophy(science?) by logic in way of his categories. He conformed experiments to his will.
64. the Empirical is deformed because of the narrowness and darkness of only using a few experiments. However, leaping to correct experiments, universals and principles too quickly could be very dangerous.
65. Superstitions are the most common and widely spread harms to science. It inspires by flattery. Best to give faith only to faith.
66. Contemplations lead a man to see nature having primary forms and then variations. It is an evil to ask where from, and not where by. Men concentrate too much on the primary form elements, dissecting it until they reach the smallest.
67. Being intemperate about assent establishes and supports idols. Too quick to decide or denying the ability to know anything.
68. Idols must be purged from sciences.
69. vicious demonstrations are defenses of idols and very bad.
70. best demonstration is experience from applied to one experiment from which it came.
71. Our sciences come from the Greeks, Romans, Arabian. The Greeks’ disputations were adverse to truth. The Greeks were boys; prone to rattle on, but slow to generate.
72. The Greeks’ work was flawed because it had no history, only myths.
73. The most noble signs come from fruit. They are sponsors and sureties of philosophies of truth.
74. Signs also come from increase and progress of systems and sciences.
75. Sign of confession of authorities men follow.
76. Universities were once full of disagreements and diversity. There are still questions that have not been settled.
77. Aristotle didn’t kill all other philosophies. He was only better preserved. Matters are decided most poorly by public consent.
78. A birth of time rather than wit.
79. Science suffered because it was never studied at the same time as theology and philosophy which had more golden ages.
80. Once sciences are distributed, they are not nourished.
81. It’s not possible to run a right course when the goal has not been decided.
82. The discovery of a course is anything but logical, methodical or wise.
83. Experience is rejected.
84. Men hinder progress by trying to reverence antiquity.
85. The admiration of current possessions also hinders.
86. most science is presented as complete and finished, even if it’s not.
87. New systems give the old ones no credit. There is not a tie to the foundation.
88. littleness of spirit and smallness of tasks come from arrogance.
89. superstition is the adversary of Science. School teachers narrow the world with textbooks. Access to philosophy is often denied by religion.
90. Thinking and speculating does not happen in classrooms.
91. Science is invented by scholars and rewarded and enjoyed by the common people whether they know it or not. Of course, not all ideas become popular.
92. Lack of reward to science limits it’s growth.
93. Men despair and think things impossible. They give up. We must stay encouraged.
94. The beginning is from God.
95. 2 types: men of experiment-collect and use, men of dogma
96. All natural philosophy is tainted and corrupt.
97. It is impossible to erase all the false errors in a man’s mind.
98. men have given weight to rumors.
99. Mechanics, though needed, rarely experiment beyond their set work.
100. More experiments and methods await to be found. Knowledge will be gained by regular order.
101. Knowledge gained so far by thinking, writing, and experiment, in that order.
102. Many scattered details make clear thinking impossible unless they are brought together.
103. After gathering details, we should study them before plunging into experiment.
104. You should not jump from particulars to axioms to generalities, but move to a steady ascent. Understanding must be weighed down, not given wings.
105. Need a new form of induction
106. Must be able to determine if an axiom is narrower or wider than the particulars it came from.
107. The particular sciences need to be brought back to natural philosophy to progress.
108. No way of improving hope by correcting errors. Men must apply themselves to make useful discoveries from reason, industry, direction and fixed application rather than from accident.
109. men always think of inventions in the terms of the old. Some inventions are a new type of something old from a completely surprising source.
110. Others are a new method of doing something new.
111. More discoveries would be found if men gave up light matters and diversions for serious and sturdy studies.
112. Multitude of details should be encouraging, not the disheartening. They are few compared to inventions of the wit.
113. Someone very busy and in poor health was able to accomplish much(himself). Imagine what some one with leisure and health could do.
114. We lose more by not trying than by not succeeding.
115. I will do my best to give sound and true opinions of my new propositions.
116. This is not a universal theory.
117. I am not writing books from books, but deriving books from axioms from books.
118. One mistake in my book does not discredit all of it.
119. Common ideas are there for reference.
120. Mean and filthy things, as well as pleasant, must be in natural history to show an accurate picture.
121. Some of the ideas are very subtle. They are meant to be light, not fruit. If you don’t like the common or mean things, don’t be a scientist.
122. Does it matter if Atlantis is old or new to the mind? It’s still a discovery!
123. it is ok to think differently than the Greeks!
124. Idols of the mind are abstractions. Divine ideas are the creator’s stamp on creation. Truth and utility are the same things.
125. Bacon wants to leave the scaffolding around his book so others can see how it was built.
126. It is better that we believe we know what we need to know, and believe that knowledge imperfect, than to have no desire and think ourselves perfect.
127. I form a history and tables of discovery to be used for all areas of discovery, not just science.
128. Bacon does not wish to pull down all the current arts, philosophies and sciences.
129. Discoveries do not create hardships, but blessings and benefits. The empire of man over things depends entirely on the arts and sciences because we cannot command nature except by obeying her. Contemplation exceeds greatness of fruit of inventions. Arts and sciences can be used for wicked purposes, but so can every other thing on earth, so it is better to have them for the good they create.
130. if men laid aside received opinions and notions, and refrained from highest generalizations and those next to them, they would fall easily into method of interpret ting nature. The art of discovery can still improve as discoveries continue. This will not be the last book written on the subject.
I am posting all this to be a helpful tool if you're studying Novum Organum by Francis Bacon. I had an assignment to read it, but I wasn't retaining ANYTHING. I had to do the harder thing...which was summarize every axiom in my own words. It's in English. It's condensed. Hopefully, you can come away from this great work with a deeper understanding of it. Don't forget to read it! It's a wikiSource.
Book 1
1. All man’s actions and understanding come from nature observance.
2. A hand needs knowledge to accomplish anything and vice versa.
3. High knowledge and High Power meet in unity. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed.
4. Man can only gather or divide natural bodies.
5. Nature workers-mechanics, mathematicians, physicians, alchemists and magicians-have little success.
6. New ends require new means.
7. All mind and hand produce from the same few things.
8. Chance and experiment produce more than sciences.
9. The evil of science is we don’t look for the true helps of the human mind.
10. Nature inspires more deep thought than any other though it is not recorded.
11. Sciences find no new works, as logic finds no new sciences.
12. Logic fixes and stabilizes errors with no search for truth. This does more harm than good.
13. The syllogism can not be successfully applied to nature or even a proposition.
14. To be sure of propositions, we must be sure of the facts they are based on.
15. It is impossible to be sure of facts from logic and physic.
16. Facts can be determined from the senses but can also be confused by motion.
17. This same confusion influences common induction and syllogism.
18. Science discoveries are based on only the most vulgar notions.
19. 2 ways to find truth: fast to general truth, slow gradual climb.
20. Logic leads to higher generalities while forgetting experiment.
21. A mind left alone will search by experiment, but needs assistance to progress.
22. Without gradual building of truth from experiment, you only have useless abstract generalities.
23. Idols of humans are empty dogmas. Ideas of divine are marks in nature.
24. Small discoveries of little things lead to bigger ones.
25. Axioms now are based on scanty evidence.
26. conclusions of human reason on nature are anticipations of nature. Conclusions based on facts are interpretation of nature.
27. Anticipation can create consent.
28. to win assent, anticipations are better than interpretations because the few number of examples touch the understanding and imagination.
29. in dogma and opinion sciences, anticipations and logic are good because they win assent.
30. Anticipations of the mind are flawed scientifically from the beginning.
31. new things must be build on foundations, not the old.
32. Bacon wants to guide to new ways and methods, not judge the past
33. he refused to be judged by anticipation
34. Speaking is hard because of no reference
35. He hopes doctrine finds those prepared to hear it.
36. we must lead men to particulars and facts, and the order that follows
37. Not much in nature can be known from our current methods.
38. Idols and false notions fill human minds.
39. Idols of the: Tribe, Cave, Market-place, Theatre
40. Idols should be pointed out and remedied by formation of ideas and axioms by true induction.
induction
INDUC'TION, n. [L. induction. See Induct.]
1. Literally, a bringing in; introduction; entrance. Hence,
2. In logic and rhetoric, the act of drawing a consequence from two or more propositions, which are called premises.
3. The method of reasoning from particulars to generals, or the inferring of one general proposition from several particular ones.
4. The conclusion or inference drawn from premises or from propositions which are admitted to be true, either in fact, or for the sake of argument.
5. The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or giving possession of an ecclesiastical living; or the introduction of a person into an office by the usual forms and ceremonies. Induction is applied to the introduction of officers, only when certain oaths are to be administered or other formalities are to be observed, which are intended to confer authority or give dignity to the transaction. In Great Britain, induction is used for giving possession of ecclesiastical offices. In the United States, it is applied to the formal introduction of civil officers, and the higher officers of colleges.
41. Idols of the tribe are founded in human nature.
42. Idols of the cave are founded in individual man
43. Idols of the marketplace are formed by intercourse and association of men with each other.
44. Idols of Theatre are come from multiple philosophies and wrong laws of demonstration.
45. Humans see the world as more orderly than it actually is.
46. Humans back up their opinions with everything they see regardless of truth.
47. Human minds are affected by things that enter suddenly and at the same time. Pulling pieces together like a puzzle is very slow.
48. Human mind is always moving. This makes us believe in infinity and eternity.
49. Affections and will affect every science and how far it is understood.
50. Most errors come from the senses. Yet without them, thought is reduced.
51. Humans give a lot of attention to abstractions
52. Abstractions are idols of the tribe
53. Idols of cave come from different characteristics of each individual.
54. Men take on the sciences they spent more work on and think themselves inventors.
55. Some people notice differences and some commonalities.
56. Some like the old, other the new ideas of the world.
57. Studying parts of a whole are all consuming. Studying the structure of the whole is overwhelming. Time should be spent switching from one to another to achieve understanding.
58. Doing number 57 will destroy the idols of the cave.
59. Men believe reason governs words. True, but only a very small part. Trying to redefine is faulty because those are made of words, so you must use examples.
60. we are either confused by names of things that don’t exist based on false and idle theories which can be dismissed as obsolete., or names of things that do, but are confused, irregular, hasty and ill defined
61. Idols of Theatre are plainly taught.
62. There are many of them. The rational school picks theories from a few examples and gives them no serious thought. Another school educes out and constructs systems. Another looks for origin of sciences in spirits. These are the Sophistical, Empirical and Superstitious as listed.
63. Aristotle corrupted natural philosophy(science?) by logic in way of his categories. He conformed experiments to his will.
64. the Empirical is deformed because of the narrowness and darkness of only using a few experiments. However, leaping to correct experiments, universals and principles too quickly could be very dangerous.
65. Superstitions are the most common and widely spread harms to science. It inspires by flattery. Best to give faith only to faith.
66. Contemplations lead a man to see nature having primary forms and then variations. It is an evil to ask where from, and not where by. Men concentrate too much on the primary form elements, dissecting it until they reach the smallest.
67. Being intemperate about assent establishes and supports idols. Too quick to decide or denying the ability to know anything.
68. Idols must be purged from sciences.
69. vicious demonstrations are defenses of idols and very bad.
70. best demonstration is experience from applied to one experiment from which it came.
71. Our sciences come from the Greeks, Romans, Arabian. The Greeks’ disputations were adverse to truth. The Greeks were boys; prone to rattle on, but slow to generate.
72. The Greeks’ work was flawed because it had no history, only myths.
73. The most noble signs come from fruit. They are sponsors and sureties of philosophies of truth.
74. Signs also come from increase and progress of systems and sciences.
75. Sign of confession of authorities men follow.
76. Universities were once full of disagreements and diversity. There are still questions that have not been settled.
77. Aristotle didn’t kill all other philosophies. He was only better preserved. Matters are decided most poorly by public consent.
78. A birth of time rather than wit.
79. Science suffered because it was never studied at the same time as theology and philosophy which had more golden ages.
80. Once sciences are distributed, they are not nourished.
81. It’s not possible to run a right course when the goal has not been decided.
82. The discovery of a course is anything but logical, methodical or wise.
83. Experience is rejected.
84. Men hinder progress by trying to reverence antiquity.
85. The admiration of current possessions also hinders.
86. most science is presented as complete and finished, even if it’s not.
87. New systems give the old ones no credit. There is not a tie to the foundation.
88. littleness of spirit and smallness of tasks come from arrogance.
89. superstition is the adversary of Science. School teachers narrow the world with textbooks. Access to philosophy is often denied by religion.
90. Thinking and speculating does not happen in classrooms.
91. Science is invented by scholars and rewarded and enjoyed by the common people whether they know it or not. Of course, not all ideas become popular.
92. Lack of reward to science limits it’s growth.
93. Men despair and think things impossible. They give up. We must stay encouraged.
94. The beginning is from God.
95. 2 types: men of experiment-collect and use, men of dogma
96. All natural philosophy is tainted and corrupt.
97. It is impossible to erase all the false errors in a man’s mind.
98. men have given weight to rumors.
99. Mechanics, though needed, rarely experiment beyond their set work.
100. More experiments and methods await to be found. Knowledge will be gained by regular order.
101. Knowledge gained so far by thinking, writing, and experiment, in that order.
102. Many scattered details make clear thinking impossible unless they are brought together.
103. After gathering details, we should study them before plunging into experiment.
104. You should not jump from particulars to axioms to generalities, but move to a steady ascent. Understanding must be weighed down, not given wings.
105. Need a new form of induction
106. Must be able to determine if an axiom is narrower or wider than the particulars it came from.
107. The particular sciences need to be brought back to natural philosophy to progress.
108. No way of improving hope by correcting errors. Men must apply themselves to make useful discoveries from reason, industry, direction and fixed application rather than from accident.
109. men always think of inventions in the terms of the old. Some inventions are a new type of something old from a completely surprising source.
110. Others are a new method of doing something new.
111. More discoveries would be found if men gave up light matters and diversions for serious and sturdy studies.
112. Multitude of details should be encouraging, not the disheartening. They are few compared to inventions of the wit.
113. Someone very busy and in poor health was able to accomplish much(himself). Imagine what some one with leisure and health could do.
114. We lose more by not trying than by not succeeding.
115. I will do my best to give sound and true opinions of my new propositions.
116. This is not a universal theory.
117. I am not writing books from books, but deriving books from axioms from books.
118. One mistake in my book does not discredit all of it.
119. Common ideas are there for reference.
120. Mean and filthy things, as well as pleasant, must be in natural history to show an accurate picture.
121. Some of the ideas are very subtle. They are meant to be light, not fruit. If you don’t like the common or mean things, don’t be a scientist.
122. Does it matter if Atlantis is old or new to the mind? It’s still a discovery!
123. it is ok to think differently than the Greeks!
124. Idols of the mind are abstractions. Divine ideas are the creator’s stamp on creation. Truth and utility are the same things.
125. Bacon wants to leave the scaffolding around his book so others can see how it was built.
126. It is better that we believe we know what we need to know, and believe that knowledge imperfect, than to have no desire and think ourselves perfect.
127. I form a history and tables of discovery to be used for all areas of discovery, not just science.
128. Bacon does not wish to pull down all the current arts, philosophies and sciences.
129. Discoveries do not create hardships, but blessings and benefits. The empire of man over things depends entirely on the arts and sciences because we cannot command nature except by obeying her. Contemplation exceeds greatness of fruit of inventions. Arts and sciences can be used for wicked purposes, but so can every other thing on earth, so it is better to have them for the good they create.
130. if men laid aside received opinions and notions, and refrained from highest generalizations and those next to them, they would fall easily into method of interpret ting nature. The art of discovery can still improve as discoveries continue. This will not be the last book written on the subject.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Chugging through assignments...
ah, I've been so busy working on school work the last several weeks that I haven't done anything else. My mentor Jensen tested me on my knowledge of ancient Greece. He said I was getting 75% of the material. So, in other words to me, a total failure. The best solution we could come up with was for me to re-read some chapters assigned by him. I'm writing papers at the end of each book in Volume 2 The Life of Greece by Will Durant. At least I didn't have to redo all 4 volumes! Here's what I've got so far...
Book 1 paper
The first Greek age was the Heroic Age. This is when the Aegean Sea was divided into different countries by geography so each of the islands was a kingdom to itself. The Minoan culture had a big influence on the islands between them and the mainland until 1400 BC. These islands were called the Cyclades. The Cretan culture ruled until they stopped exporting and then the Mycenaean culture of the mainland took over. All the Greek tribes are descendents of Hellen, son of Ducalion(Noah). Hellen begat Achaeus and Ion who settled the Pelopnnesus and Attica.
Cecrops, a descendant of Ion, founded Athens.
Boeotia, the Thebes capital was founded by Cadmus. He also gave the world Heracles(Hercules) and Oedipus. When Heracles’ descendants were exiled from mycaenae, they promised to return 50 years later. I think this was the Dorian Invasion in 1104. Regardless, this ended the Heroic age.
Cyprus was important during all the Bronze Age(3400-1200 BC) because they had so much copper. They exported it to Egypt, Crete and Greece.
Troy had nine cities, the 2nd and 6th being the largest and greatest. We believe the 2nd to have been under siege of 1194-84 from Mycenaean and Spartan Greece. It was valued for its ability to toll and control all traffic in the Hellespont Strait with inland safety. Troy was a stopping place for merchants who wanted to ship further inland. The revenue from this probably made them rich and made them a target for conquerors. Trojans were part Minoan, Mycenaean, Asiatic, and Danubian. After Troy was taken, Greek culture began.
The Fathers of the Greek founding cities are connected by blood to Gods whom begin the Greek myth and poetry tradition. Since we don’t know how much truth is in it, we have to call it legend. Legend tells us Zeus begat Tantalus, begat Pelops, begat Atreus, begat Agamemnon and Menelaus, the kings of Mycenae and Sparta we read about in Homer.
Mycenaeans, Achaeans and Dorians.
Achaeans were physically beautiful and physically motivated people. The Achaeans didn’t mine for metal. They were content with bronze from Cyprus. They had an agrarian tradition they were proud of. Each did their best to make use of their local resources. Land ownership belonged to a father who couldn’t sell the land. Doing so ended common lands. Pride was taken in making things yourself—or taking them from others. Wealth was based on goods, not money.
The richer you were, the more meat you got to eat.
Morals
The Achaeans were gentle to family and strangers who needed hospitality, but they were vicious to everyone else. At home, they were on guard for raiders. They must have hated being disrespected because away from home, they did all they could to take vengeance in the same way they were hurt.
Sexes
The men grew up as boys preparing for the chase. The girls prepared for housekeeping. Marriage required a bride price and a dowry so both sides were enriched children made a mother and father more honored. Women and men mingled together in everything they did, and beauty of women was an inspiration.
Arts
The arts aren’t very well nurtured in this age, unless they involve practical metals. Everything was built to be functional and there was no time for anything else. Greatness was put into palaces, not temples.
State
Each kingdom began with a clan. All the free men have a voice, but only the most important can propose new ideas. Many of these were important because they were orators. The king’s line was hereditary, but limited by the council. He was king as long as the army and religion support him. Not knowing how to tax, he exacted gifts from his subjects and raided everyone else.
Siege of troy
1196-84 BC Iliad and Odyssey
Dorian conquest
In 1104, hunting northerners came with iron swords to Greece, Peloponneus and Crete. Greeks were able to hide in Attica, but in the other two, Mycenaean culture died. Perhaps it was the promised return of the Heracleidae. The Heroic age was at an end.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Save your freedom
google or youtube:
USA Patriot ACT**
Millitary Commisions Act***
Domestic Security Enhancement Act**
Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act***************
Presidential Directive NSPD 51/HSPD-20*****
learn about your true government.
* stars indicate severity
USA Patriot ACT**
Millitary Commisions Act***
Domestic Security Enhancement Act**
Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act***************
Presidential Directive NSPD 51/HSPD-20*****
learn about your true government.
* stars indicate severity
Wow...Here's an idea for the 2008 Election
This is an email I just got from my 17 year old brother. The question is, are we brave enough to take this leap? Will we write another Declaration of Independence? Comment if you are ready for this.
Here it goes!
Call for a vote of no confidence in the government of the United States and vote for new officials by using the internet!!!
First get a popular website like facebook, myspace etc.... to host it. Make sure you make a agreement for no outside government or corporate pressure can interfere.
There will be no political parties. Just people. People can nominate themselves. They will write down their thoughts about issues that will be chosen. AND IT WILL BE THOROUGH!!!!
They will try to get people to vote for them. I'm fuzzy about choosing nominees. That will be the hard part. We need nominees from different ideals though.
After some sorting there will be finalists. Then there will be a final vote. Each person according to their beliefs. The program will be set up so that only one person can vote per finalist.
And it won't let you vote until you read all of the issues on all of the finalists too.
The True, By The People Vote!
Here it goes!
Call for a vote of no confidence in the government of the United States and vote for new officials by using the internet!!!
First get a popular website like facebook, myspace etc.... to host it. Make sure you make a agreement for no outside government or corporate pressure can interfere.
There will be no political parties. Just people. People can nominate themselves. They will write down their thoughts about issues that will be chosen. AND IT WILL BE THOROUGH!!!!
They will try to get people to vote for them. I'm fuzzy about choosing nominees. That will be the hard part. We need nominees from different ideals though.
After some sorting there will be finalists. Then there will be a final vote. Each person according to their beliefs. The program will be set up so that only one person can vote per finalist.
And it won't let you vote until you read all of the issues on all of the finalists too.
The True, By The People Vote!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Groundbreaking Report
Holy Cow! It's over. To any participants' eyes, the Groundbreaking went off without a glitch. Behind the scenes, we had flat tires, emergency substitutes, 5 am wake up songs, and lots of water to carry. I'm glad it all turned out. I'm glad it's over. I was touched this morning by these words from my event planning Yoda--
"Coming from a 'quote maven', I can't tell you how impressed I was with the entire 3 day event in Monticello. You were calm, cool, collected, and you handled every crisis. I never saw you lose it, and you made diffiicult decisions at stressful moments. To the public, the entire event lookes well-organized and thought out. I think what impressed me the most is when you were unjustly chewed out and scolded. You truly behaved like a stateswoman. I never saw you swear or say anything unkind about the Brooks or anyone else. Congratulate yourself on an event well done!"
Go to The Statesman newsletter for a full report that I didn't have to write!
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