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'I think, therefore I am.'
'You're what?'
'I don't know. That's as far as I've got.'
There's just so much thinking to be done when you're a frog. It's enough to give you a headache. :)
Taken with Lensbaby Velvet 56.
Philosopher’s stone, in Western alchemy, an unknown substance, also called “the tincture” or “the powder,” sought by alchemists for its supposed ability to transform base metals into precious ones, especially gold and silver. Alchemists also believed that an elixir of life could be derived from it. Inasmuch as alchemy was concerned with the perfection of the human soul, the philosopher’s stone was thought to cure illnesses, prolong life, and bring about spiritual revitalization.
The philosopher’s stone, variously described, was sometimes said to be a common substance, found everywhere but unrecognized and unappreciated. The quest for the stone encouraged alchemists from the Middle Ages to the end of the 17th century to examine in their laboratories numerous substances and their interactions. The quest thereby provided a body of knowledge that ultimately led to the sciences of chemistry, metallurgy, and pharmacology.
The process by which it was hoped common metals such as iron, lead, tin, and copper could be turned into the more valuable metals involved heating the base material in a characteristic pear-shaped glass crucible (called the vase of Hermes or the philosopher’s egg). Colour changes were carefully watched—black indicating the death of the old material preparatory to its revitalization; white, the colour required for change into silver; and red, the highest stage, the colour required for change into gold.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "philosopher’s stone". Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 May. 2024, www.britannica.com/topic/philosophers-stone. Accessed 19 May 2024.
Driving home from the grocery store on a country road ....I came upon these 5 learned scholars....who seemed to be discussing the works of Socrates , Lao Tzu and other great thinkers . Not wanting to disturb their musings , I took a quick shot through the car window ...and went on my merry way ...
thanks for the visit ....Happy Fence Friday :-)
Took this picture on the Philosopher's Walk (哲学の道). Kyoto has so many beautiful temples and shrines, but sometimes the most beautiful shots are the unplanned and unexpected.
From time to time I wonder in which world an owl is when it's looking lik this guy, staring somewhere inside. Same with my cats - sometimes they look in the same way..
A creation of the Italian Sculptor Francesco Monti, a faculty member in the College of Architecture and Fine Arts, they were installed between 1949 and 1953.
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Philosopher's Path is located near silver pavilion in Kyoto and Is incredibly beautiful during spring.
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El camino de la filosofia, en Kioto.
Esta ubicado en las cercanias del pavellon plateado y es tan bonito durante la primavera que resulta casi imposible no recorrerlo por completo :)
Philosopher's Falls, Nestled in the Tarkine area of western Tasmania, The walk has some of the most majestic rainforest I've seen.
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Stańczyk (c. 1480–1560) was the most famous court jester in Polish history. He was employed by three Polish kings: Alexander, Sigismund the Old and Sigismund Augustus.
Stańczyk has been always considered to have been much more than a mere entertainer. He is remembered as a man of great intelligence and a political philosopher gifted with formidable insight into Poland's current and future situation. He used his job to criticize and warn his contemporaries by the use of satire.
Philosophers ask questions about ideas (concepts). They try to find answers to those questions, and the results are surprising
rubiks cube symbol questions or are thinking.
lights are lit symbols find the answers.
explosion, shock symbol with the answers he found.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philosophy is a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society. It works by asking very basic questions about the nature of human thought, the nature of the universe, and the connections between them. The ideas in philosophy are often general and abstract. But this does not mean that philosophy is not about the real world. Ethics, for example, asks what are the ideas underlying our everyday lives. Metaphysics asks about how the world works and of what it is made.
Sometimes people talk about how they have a "personal philosophy", which means the way a person thinks about the world. This article is not about people's "personal philosophies". This article is about the ideas that have discussed by philosophers (people who think and write about ways of thinking) for a long time.
One philosophical question is this: "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?".[1] Other questions asked by philosophers are these:
What is good?
What is beauty?
Do we have free will?
Does God exist?
Does the world around us exist?
What is a person?
What is truth?
What is evil?
What is the relationship between mind and body?
What is science?
What is philosophy?
What is love?
Philosophy is the study of humans and the world by thinking and asking questions. It is a science and an art. Philosophy tries to answer important questions by coming up with answers about real things and asking "why?"
Sometimes, philosophy tries to answer the same questions as religion and science. Philosophers do not all give the same answers to questions. Some people think there are no right answers in philosophy, only better answers and worse answers. Many types of philosophy criticize or even attack the beliefs of science and religion.
Philosophers ask questions about ideas (concepts). They try to find answers to those questions. Some thinkers find it very hard to find those words that best describe the ideas they have. When they find answers to some of these questions philosophers often have the same problem, that is how to best tell the answers they found to other people. Depending on the meaning of the words they use, the answers change.
Some philosophers are full-time thinkers (called academics), who work for universities or colleges. These philosophers write books and articles about philosophy and teach classes about philosophy to university or college students.
Other philosophers are just "hobby" thinkers who think about philosophy during their free time. A small number of hobby thinkers have thought so much about philosophy that they are able to write articles for philosophy magazines. Other people approach philosophy from another job. For example monks, artists, and scientists may think about philosophical ideas and questions.
Most philosophers work by asking questions and looking for good definitions (meanings) of words to help them understand what a question means.
Some philosophers say the only thing needed to answer a question is to find out what it means, and that the only thing that makes philosophical questions such as those above difficult is that people do not really know what they mean (for example Ludwig Wittgenstein).
Philosophers will also often use both real and imaginary examples to make a point. For example, they may write about a real or fictional person in order to show what they think a good person or a bad person is like.
Some philosophers look for the simplest way to answer a question and say that is probably the right answer. This is a process called Occam's razor. Others believe that complicated answers to questions can also be right. For an example of a philosophical problem, see the God paradox.
Philosophers use logic to solve problems and answer questions. Logical consistency is a cornerstone of any acceptable theory. Philosophers who disagree with a theory will often try to find a logical contradiction within the theory. If they can find one, this gives them a reason to reject that theory. If they cannot find any inconsistency, the philosopher might try to show that the theory leads to a conclusion which is either unacceptable or ridiculous. This second approach is usually called reductio ad absurdum.
Shadows of apartment buildings reach across a man-made beach towards the surf line. Very little of the Belgian coast is not built up.
The simplicity of this image invites us to focus on the essence, the core, and the heart of a subject. It beckons us to peel back the layers, revealing a profound intricacy beneath the surface.
But simplicity is not a destination. It's a starting point—a canvas upon which we paint the hues of complexity that add depth, richness, and meaning to our existence.
I invite you to strip away the superfluous and trust in the innate beauty that emerges. In this delicate balance, photography reveals its true essence—an art form that stirs emotions, tells stories, and forges deep connections.
This Hall is thought to have been a large throne room where the emperor held audiences and met in council with court luminaries. It is a vast rectangular hall with a large apse and was extravagantly decorated with precious marble and the seven niches on the back wall were adorned with statues of philosophers. Hadrian’s villa, built by the emperor (117-138 AD) as summer imperial retreat, is a vast open air museum of some the finest architecture of the Roman world and the Roman Empires largest and richest villa ever built. It is a UNSECO World Heritage Site. [www.stevensklifas.com]
Hadrian's Villa is a vast area of land with many pools, baths, fountains and classical Greek and Roman architecture set in what would have been a mixture of landscaped gardens, wilderness areas and cultivated farmlands. Due to Hadrian's travels, he also commissioned Egyptian style buildings and statues, even naming some of the buildings after Egyptian cities or temples.
The buildings are constructed in travertine, brick, lime, pozzolana, and tufa. The complex contains over 30 buildings, covering at least a square kilometre (250 acres, an area larger than the city of Pompeii), of which much is still unexcavated. Villas were typically sited on hilltops, but with its fountains, pools and gardens, Hadrian's villa required abundant sources of water, which was supplied by aqueducts feeding Rome, including the Aqua Anio Vetus, Aqua Anio Novus, Aqua Marcia, and Aqua Claudia. To avail themselves of those sources, the villa had to be located on land lower than the aqueduct.[Wikipedia]