All the magic (and science) is there! Just started on this one and the three author’s are living up to their previous three books in this series.
Philosophical
Raising Steam
At last another Pratchett – and worth the wait. Lots of the characters from previous books appear in this one.
Is Your Life Mapped Out? Unravelling the Mystery of Destiny vs Free Will
An author (and fellow Scot) that I hadn’t come across before – seems like his mindset and worldview may well be extremely similar to mine!
Siddhartha
A book that had been on my “to read” list for a long time – finally got round to it and very glad I did. A fascinating story of a man looking for enlightenment and finding something unexpected.
Eudaimonia
Yep – this is a word I had never seen before as well – yes – perhaps that is a reflection on my ‘ignorance’ as testified by the title of the blog, since Eudaimonia is, in fact, the highest ideal for a good life according to Aristotle.
Inspiration Comes From Many Sources
It is past time that I wrote something which is about a topic separate from my current medical issues!! Otherwise it might seem like that is the only thing on my mind – which is far from the truth. OK – it does tend to dominate – particularly at some times during the cycle – but there are plenty of other things occupying my mind.
The Shrink and the Sage
Just started this – but seems to be an excellent book.
It was indeed – thoroughly recommended and I have started to blog about it in the main blog – certainly thought provoking.
Invulnerability
In the 18th Century Benjamin Franklin famously said that “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” – many of us go through much of our life paying much attention to taxes, but paying scant attention to death.
On Receiving News You Did Not Want To Hear
When I started writing these blog entries I had no idea what the precise nature of the content would be – in some cases it was a subject matter that has occupied my thoughts for a long time; in some it was something that I felt I needed to just understand my own thoughts; and in some – like this one – the subject matter is something that I just did not expect!!
Pulling Those Threads Tight
In the two previous posts, The Red Thread and Making Connections, I wrote about the connections we have with other people and how there seems to often be an inexplicably strong connection to some – manifesting itself in the way that our lives constantly intertwine. Typical of this is, of course, family connections – these are to be expected. It is inevitable that we interact with other members of our family – even if that is only at births, marriages and funerals!!