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Theology Philosophy And Experience
Mieth, Dietmar (1990). „Meister Eckhart — Spiritualität des Denkens und Erfahrung des Glaubens.“ In: Spiritualität aus Glaubenserfahrung: Gestaltungen christlicher Existenz. Mechthild Dreyer and Werner Simon, Ed. 45. Story behind the Passage Yesterday in a conversation about education and my long-time vision of building a “school” (whatever that means to people nowadays), I caught myself talking about some really…
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Availability
Thaler, Rhichard H, and Cass R. Sunstein. Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, 27. Story behind the Passage No, I am not talking about the kind of “availability” that we know from our daily lives; meaning temporal availability mostly. What is meant in the book is the availability of thoughts to get people…
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Book Of The Week The Land Of Osiris
Mehler, Stephen S. (2001). The Land of Osiris. Story behind the Book Choice In case you wonder where the heck “The Land of Osiris” is, if you can book a last-minute trip there, and if you need to go into quarantine after your return — let me explain. Osiris was the God of the Dead in Ancient Egypt….
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The Devil As Role Model
Weisberger, Lauren (2003). The Devil Wears Prada, 368. Story behind the Passage Maybe it is a sign that I am getting old but I catch myself frequently talking about role models in conversations. Yesterday, I did it again when we were talking about politicians. I asked “where are the role models among the politicians nowadays — the Helmut…
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Intellect
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1983). Emerson: Essays and Lectures, 421. Story behind the Passage We forget so much, it is incredible. I admire the people who can quote passages and the corresponding authors’ names by heart. I have never been able to do this. I am happy if I remember a central statement by a sole…
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Chimney Philosophy
Williams, Tennessee (1999/1945). The Glass Menagerie. “The Catastrophe of Success,” 99. Story behind the Passage Today the chimney sweeper came to visit. She had to inspect the chimney and the heater, which is something she needs to do every three years. The checking does not take long or require too much concentration. A conversation unfolded…
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Bold Visionaries
Brands, H. W. (1999). Masters of Enterprise: Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J. P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey, 188. Story behind the Passage On most of the days when I write for my blog, I wonder why the heck I called this “Startups Story Learning” at the beginning. After…
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Divine Animals
Degré, Tippi (2001). Tippi aus Afrika: Das Mädchen, das mit den Tieren spricht, 77. Story behind the Passage Yesterday someone told me that a horse had died in our stable. I was shocked. I mean, yes, animals die just like we do. But horses are very special animals. They are fascinating. You can watch them for…
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Learning Like Royal Children
King Abdullah II of Jordan (2012). Our Last Best Chance: A Story of War and Peace, 139. Story behind the Passage Today was a remarkable day in many ways and the most remarkable thing was that I got to talk about education and my vision of it to three different people. All these conversations happened more…
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The Grimms Dictionary
Schmidt-Wiegand, Ruth (2008). “Die Brüder Grimm als Mitbegründer der Germanistik.“ In: Die Grimms: Kultur und Politik. Ed. Bernd Heidenreich, and Ewald Grothe, 138–162. 153. Story behind the Passage Yesterday, I watched a lecture online. The speaker, a philosopher, quoted several times from Grimms’ Dictionary. That made me remember that I had wanted to check on the…