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Men with limited ideas deem the law to be only as much as what is said expressly by its words. --Vico, "The New Science", axiom 109 (p. 319)
January 21, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Men with limited ideas deem the law to be only as much as what is said expressly by its words. --Vico, "The New Science", axiom 109 (p. 319)
At first, men sense without noticing; then, they notice with a troubled and agitated spirit; finally, they reflect with a clear mind. -- Giambattista Vico, "The New Science", axiom 53
January 20, 2026 at 8:07 PM
At first, men sense without noticing; then, they notice with a troubled and agitated spirit; finally, they reflect with a clear mind. -- Giambattista Vico, "The New Science", axiom 53
Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and finally go mad and waste their substance. -- Giambattista Vico, "The New Science", Axiom 241
January 11, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and finally go mad and waste their substance. -- Giambattista Vico, "The New Science", Axiom 241
Which nation likes to be oppressed by another stronger than itself, or likes its wealth to be wickedly seized? And yet which nation has not oppressed another, and where is there a people which has not seized another's wealth? -- 4Q300:10, Dead Sea Scrolls
January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Which nation likes to be oppressed by another stronger than itself, or likes its wealth to be wickedly seized? And yet which nation has not oppressed another, and where is there a people which has not seized another's wealth? -- 4Q300:10, Dead Sea Scrolls
'For a change to a new type of music is something to beware of as a hazard of all our fortunes. For the modes of music are never disturbed without unsettling of the most fundamental political and social conventions.'
-- Plato, 'Republic', 424d3
-- Plato, 'Republic', 424d3
December 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
'For a change to a new type of music is something to beware of as a hazard of all our fortunes. For the modes of music are never disturbed without unsettling of the most fundamental political and social conventions.'
-- Plato, 'Republic', 424d3
-- Plato, 'Republic', 424d3
In all their channels a consuming fire shall destroy every tree, green and barren, on their banks; unto the ends of their courses it shall scourge with flames of fire, and shall consume the foundations of the earth and the expanse of dry land.
'Thanksgiving Hymn' 10 l. 30,
Dead Sea Scrolls
'Thanksgiving Hymn' 10 l. 30,
Dead Sea Scrolls
December 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In all their channels a consuming fire shall destroy every tree, green and barren, on their banks; unto the ends of their courses it shall scourge with flames of fire, and shall consume the foundations of the earth and the expanse of dry land.
'Thanksgiving Hymn' 10 l. 30,
Dead Sea Scrolls
'Thanksgiving Hymn' 10 l. 30,
Dead Sea Scrolls
He shall lie on a bed of sorrow and sit in a seat of sighs.
-- 4Q274, Dead Sea Scrolls
-- 4Q274, Dead Sea Scrolls
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
He shall lie on a bed of sorrow and sit in a seat of sighs.
-- 4Q274, Dead Sea Scrolls
-- 4Q274, Dead Sea Scrolls
Do not be fearful; fear them not! Do not fall back... for they are a congregation of wickedness and all their works are in Darkness...They make a refuge in falsehood and their power shall vanish like smoke.
-- "The War Scroll" XV: 9-11, Dead Sea Scrolls
-- "The War Scroll" XV: 9-11, Dead Sea Scrolls
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Do not be fearful; fear them not! Do not fall back... for they are a congregation of wickedness and all their works are in Darkness...They make a refuge in falsehood and their power shall vanish like smoke.
-- "The War Scroll" XV: 9-11, Dead Sea Scrolls
-- "The War Scroll" XV: 9-11, Dead Sea Scrolls
As for me,
I belong to wicked mankind,
to the company of unjust flesh.
My iniquities, rebellions, and sins,
together with the perversity of my heart,
belong to the company of worms
and to those who walk in darkness.
-- "The Community Rule" XI:9 (Dead Sea Scrolls)
I belong to wicked mankind,
to the company of unjust flesh.
My iniquities, rebellions, and sins,
together with the perversity of my heart,
belong to the company of worms
and to those who walk in darkness.
-- "The Community Rule" XI:9 (Dead Sea Scrolls)
December 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
As for me,
I belong to wicked mankind,
to the company of unjust flesh.
My iniquities, rebellions, and sins,
together with the perversity of my heart,
belong to the company of worms
and to those who walk in darkness.
-- "The Community Rule" XI:9 (Dead Sea Scrolls)
I belong to wicked mankind,
to the company of unjust flesh.
My iniquities, rebellions, and sins,
together with the perversity of my heart,
belong to the company of worms
and to those who walk in darkness.
-- "The Community Rule" XI:9 (Dead Sea Scrolls)
It is unlawful to say anything else. My body is trembling.
-- Orphic poem, quoted by Aristobulus in Eusebius, 13.13.5
-- Orphic poem, quoted by Aristobulus in Eusebius, 13.13.5
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It is unlawful to say anything else. My body is trembling.
-- Orphic poem, quoted by Aristobulus in Eusebius, 13.13.5
-- Orphic poem, quoted by Aristobulus in Eusebius, 13.13.5
I fashioned their members,
and my own breasts I prepared for them,
that they might drink my holy milk and live by it.
-- Jesus, Odes of Solomon, 8:14
and my own breasts I prepared for them,
that they might drink my holy milk and live by it.
-- Jesus, Odes of Solomon, 8:14
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I fashioned their members,
and my own breasts I prepared for them,
that they might drink my holy milk and live by it.
-- Jesus, Odes of Solomon, 8:14
and my own breasts I prepared for them,
that they might drink my holy milk and live by it.
-- Jesus, Odes of Solomon, 8:14
May the Lord protect the quiet person who hates injustice;
may the Lord guide the one who lives peacefully at home.
-- Psalms of Solomon, 12:5
may the Lord guide the one who lives peacefully at home.
-- Psalms of Solomon, 12:5
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
May the Lord protect the quiet person who hates injustice;
may the Lord guide the one who lives peacefully at home.
-- Psalms of Solomon, 12:5
may the Lord guide the one who lives peacefully at home.
-- Psalms of Solomon, 12:5
To live is to war with the trolls.
-- Henrik Ibsen
-- Henrik Ibsen
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
To live is to war with the trolls.
-- Henrik Ibsen
-- Henrik Ibsen
You shall not learn hunting,
if the weariness of life is not to fall upon you.
If you should learn it,
you would be searching for what you have not lost,
and you would not find what is beautiful,
because it is contemptible.
-- "Sentences of Menander"
l. 256-261
if the weariness of life is not to fall upon you.
If you should learn it,
you would be searching for what you have not lost,
and you would not find what is beautiful,
because it is contemptible.
-- "Sentences of Menander"
l. 256-261
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
You shall not learn hunting,
if the weariness of life is not to fall upon you.
If you should learn it,
you would be searching for what you have not lost,
and you would not find what is beautiful,
because it is contemptible.
-- "Sentences of Menander"
l. 256-261
if the weariness of life is not to fall upon you.
If you should learn it,
you would be searching for what you have not lost,
and you would not find what is beautiful,
because it is contemptible.
-- "Sentences of Menander"
l. 256-261
At first the throne is comfortable for the liar; but in the end, his lies will overtake him, and they will spit in his face.
-- "Ahiqar" line 133
-- "Ahiqar" line 133
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
At first the throne is comfortable for the liar; but in the end, his lies will overtake him, and they will spit in his face.
-- "Ahiqar" line 133
-- "Ahiqar" line 133
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When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When the president is destroying national landmarks, murdering fishermen, raising prices because he's angry over a Reagan video, and kidnapping parents in front of their crying children is probably not an ideal time to have a lazy, completely incompetent legislative branch perpetually on vacation.
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Locke, Second Treatise of Government:
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Locke, Second Treatise of Government:
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Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
- Ezekiel 16:49
- Ezekiel 16:49
October 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
- Ezekiel 16:49
- Ezekiel 16:49
Everything that falls upon the eye is apparition, a sheet dropped over the world's true workings. -- Marilynne Robinson, "Housekeeping"
October 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Everything that falls upon the eye is apparition, a sheet dropped over the world's true workings. -- Marilynne Robinson, "Housekeeping"
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Overheard at the cafe/bar: "I just started reading books again. It's pretty good."
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Overheard at the cafe/bar: "I just started reading books again. It's pretty good."
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the only things my books should smell of is book and, when they've matured nicely, of OLD books
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
the only things my books should smell of is book and, when they've matured nicely, of OLD books
Then i adjured him by the name of the Lord Sabaoth, "Asmodeus, fear God, and tell me by which angel you are thwarted." The demon said, "Raphael, the one who stands before God; but also a liver and a gall of a fish smoking on coals of charcoal drives me away." - Testament of Solomon 5:9
September 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Then i adjured him by the name of the Lord Sabaoth, "Asmodeus, fear God, and tell me by which angel you are thwarted." The demon said, "Raphael, the one who stands before God; but also a liver and a gall of a fish smoking on coals of charcoal drives me away." - Testament of Solomon 5:9
The mysteries of God and men wine discloses.
-- Testament of Judah, 16:4
-- Testament of Judah, 16:4
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The mysteries of God and men wine discloses.
-- Testament of Judah, 16:4
-- Testament of Judah, 16:4
In the seventh [jubilee] there shall be pollution such as I am unable to declare in the presence of human beings, because only the ones who do these things understand such matters.
-- Testament of Levi, 17:8
-- Testament of Levi, 17:8
September 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In the seventh [jubilee] there shall be pollution such as I am unable to declare in the presence of human beings, because only the ones who do these things understand such matters.
-- Testament of Levi, 17:8
-- Testament of Levi, 17:8
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