Leila Moxley
@unluck_lele
Leila Moxley
@unluck_lele
Aristotle teaches that justice means giving people what they deserve. And in order to determine who deserves what, we have to determine what virtues are worthy of honor and reward. Aristotle maintains that we can’t figure out what a just constitution is without first reflecting on the most desirable way of life. For him, law can’t be neutral on
... See moreAnd what is justice but unconditional love for and belief in the dignity of all people? In other words, what is justice but the belief that everyone deserves grace?”
Justice is a commitment to the common good, a recognition that we are interdependent. The Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius believed that justice was “the source of all other virtues.” When we act with justice we are honest, and we take the full consequences of our actions into account. We can’t build good habits alone, and the latter part of this
... See more"Piety," he says, "is not an end but a means: a means of attaining the highest culture by the purest tranquillity of soul."
Taste
Minimalism or taste
“Arrogance is ignorance plus conviction,” blogger Tim Urban explains. “While humility is a permeable filter that absorbs life experience and converts it into knowledge and wisdom, arrogance is a rubber shield that life experience simply bounces off of.”
Waiting
Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.
Ingrid Bengis