Reads tagged with “public domain”
Perspective in the Age of Opinion: Timely Wisdom from a Century Ago
“A small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything.”
Epictetus on Love and Loss: The Stoic Strategy for Surviving Heartbreak
“Who is good if he knows not who he is? and who knows what he is, if he forgets that things which have been made are perishable, and that it is not possible for one human being to be with another always?”
The Universe in Verse: Astrophysicist Natalie Batalha Reads Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Renascence” and Tells a Lyrical Personal Story About Her Path to Science
A poetic reflection on what we look at and what we see through the veils of our perception.
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, Explained in a Pioneering 1923 Silent Film
“This theory has opened an unlimited field for speculations, dreams, and fantasies… And now, with the eyes of the world turned upon him, there sits in a quiet little study in Europe, a genius delving ever-deeper into the mysteries of the Universe.”
William James on Consciousness and the Four Features of Transcendent Experiences
“Our normal waking consciousness… is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different… No account of the universe in its totality can be final which leaves these other forms of consciousness quite disregarded.”
Walt Whitman on Creativity
Wisdom “for strong artists and leaders — for fresh broods of teachers… and coming musicians.”
Voltaire on the Art of Being Undefeated by Hardship
“All comes out even at the end of the day, and all comes out still more even when all the days are over.”
Pioneering Feminist Philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft on Loneliness, Friendship, and the Courage of Unwavering Affection
“Friendship… requires more cultivation of mind to keep awake affection, even in our own hearts, than the common run of people suppose.”
How to Exercise Like a Poet: The Walt Whitman Workout
Tree-wrestling for resistance training, vigorous recitation for cardio.
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