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Mary Astell, “A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest (In Two Parts).”
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For since GOD has given Women 53as well as Men intelligent Souls, why should they be forbidden to improve them? Since he has not denied us the faculty of Thinking, why shou’d we not (at least in gratitude to him) employ our
... See moreMary Astell argues that women, possessing rational and immortal souls equal to men’s, have a moral and spiritual right to education. Denying women intellectual cultivation, she insists, weakens their judgment, distorts their will, and leaves them vulnerable to folly, manipulation, and shallow pursuits. Astell distinguishes true learning from trivial knowledge, warning that idle entertainment and fashionable reading fill the mind without forming wisdom.
She proposes that women be allowed serious study, especially philosophy and theology, not to claim public authority but to understand their faith, govern their lives wisely, and prepare their souls for heaven. Education, for Astell, refines character, deepens piety, and enables women to live purposefully, serve others charitably, and use time well. True religion and learning, she concludes, do not diminish joy but elevate it, aligning reason, devotion, and happiness into a disciplined yet life-giving whole.
On Experiential Knowing:
“And then we can learn through everything. Everything from volunteering to just activities, hobbies, and reading.”
“Pick up random hobbies… gardening, fitness, just whatever I can learn about.”
-Cynthia Garcia
“Education is valuable for its own sake.
It exposes you to new ideas, sparks curiosity, and encourages growth.
All learning is good—some of it just happens to be more directly applicable to your work than others.”
-Scott Trumpolt, ILA Radio, episode 40.
One of the biggest things I try to help adults recover is the freedom of their head from their spine, which I think also liberates our thinking and perception. There’s so much curiosity and divergent thinking when we let the head move freely. There’s a somatic practice called the Alexander Technique, and its whole goal is simply to free your head
... See moreThis happens to me often—I say the thing before I feel like I’ve consciously made the decision. I’ll say what the decision is, and then I hear myself and think, “Oh, I guess that’s what I’m doing.”
-Alexandra Beller, ILA Radio, episode 39
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There is a gap in us; like the soft spot on the head of a child which closes with age, this gap opens as one develops one's will.
Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated. Will is what makes you invulnerable. Will is what sends a sorcerer through a wall, through space; to the moon, if he wants.
There was
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