Kategorie: Allgemein
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Bearing Freedom
Bergmann, Frithjof (1977). On Being Free. Kindle. Story behind the Passage It is still so remarkable that all this New Work talk was triggered by a man who wrote his book On Being Free close to five decades ago. Nobody knows exactly how it then ended up as this hype and how he was involved in…
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Book Of The Week The First And Last Freedom
Krishnamurti, J. (2013/1954). The Last Best Freedom. Story behind the Book Choice Krishnamurti has been on my reading and learning list for a long time. In a way, his teachings have already reached me via different channels. Still, it needed the project I am currently working on to finally read one of his books. This one…
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Reentry From Error
Al-Ghazali (1107). Deliverance from Error. Story behind the Passage For 318 days, I have been blogging about a book passage or text excerpt now. Every single one of these books stayed in my memory because it had taught me something. Yet, since the reading had mostly taken place a long time ago, the insights were not…
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Radical Experience
James, William (2000). Pragmatism and Other Writings, 338. Story behind the Passage No, the title today is not a typo. You might think so if you happen to know the term “radical empiricism” by William James. I am building on James today but I want to focus more on the concept of experience itself. How…
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Transcending Space
St. Augustine, translated by Edward B. Pusey, D. D. (1999/AD 400). Confessions, Book III, Chapter I. Story behind the Passage Yesterday someone reminded me of St. Augustine’s Confessions. I will forever be grateful to this person for mentioning this book. I did not actually deserve it because my text that triggered this clue will never compare…
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Recovery With Growth
Jackson, Tim (2009). Prosperity without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet, 17. Story behind the Passage Today in the car, I was listening to the news on the radio. One thing they reported about was the fact that Frankfurt Airport was recovering from Covid because the economic performance is picking up speed again. Of course, there…
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Work State And Education
Committee of the Corporation, Academical Faculty (1828). Reports on the Course of Instruction in Yale College. 7. Story behind the Passage You know me as a sometimes critical, sometimes silly, sometimes emotional writer. Today, I am all of this together and in addition, I am in a very bleak mood. The pictures reaching us this morning…
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Decisions
Mintzberg, Henry (1989). Mintzberg on Management: Inside Our Strange World of Organizations, 72–3. Story behind the Passage Last night, I listened to a pretty powerful lecture by an experienced consultant and advisor. The topic was decision-making. Of course, that is a huge topic because life is all about making decisions every single second. As he…
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War And Action
Emcke, Carolin (2016). Von den Kriegen: Briefe an Freunde, 188. Story behind the Passage Well, the story behind the passage is more than obvious today. It is happening seven flight hours away from Germany. There, Afghanis are being killed by the Taliban. They are stopped from escaping. Women are beaten and kicked in the streets. Children…
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Tugend Und Universit T
Wieprecht, Volker, and Robert Skuppin (2009). Das Lexikon der verschwundenen Dinge, 64. Story behind the Passage Erneut weiche ich sprachlich von meiner Gewohnheit ab. Die Suche das Autors ist auch immer die Suche nach der Sprache. Natürlich gibt es die Sprache nicht. Man kann sich nicht nach dem richten, was vermeintlich „gut“ ankommt. Man muss nach…