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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
-- Herbert Spencer⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HerbertSpencer #Action #Education #Knowledge
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“I am not concerned to deny the reality of all ‘magical’ phenomena; if they are illusions, they are at least as real as many unquestioned facts of daily life; and, if we follow Herbert Spencer, they are at least evidence of some cause.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/07/23/i-am-not-concerned-to-deny-the-reality-of-all-magical-phenomena-if-they-are-illusions-they-are-at-least-as-real-as-many-unquestioned-facts-of-daily-life-and-if-we-follow-herbert-spencer-the/ #aleisterCrowley #all #asRealAs #atLeast #book #Cause #dailyLife #deny #Evidence #Goetia #herbertSpencer #IAm #illusions #magicalPhenomena #many #notConcerned #quote #reality #TheInitiatedInterpretationOfCeremonialMagic #unquestionedFacts -
The philosopher, biologist, and political theorist Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) has a minor but curious role in the history of mathematical beauty, because of comments he made about Monge’s theorem, which states:
For any three circles in a plane, none contained within another, the intersections of the outside tangents of the three pairs of circles are collinear. (See attached image.)
Spencer said that when he thought of it he was
‘struck by its beauty at the same time that it excites feelings of wonder and of awe: the fact that apparently unrelated circles should in every case be held together by this plexus of relations, seeming so utterly incomprehensible.’
However, Spencer’s reaction of wonder and of awe may ultimately have been born of his limited mathematical ability.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
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#Upcoming #GraphicDesign “Penrose 1964-73: The Herbert Spencer Years” is a beautifully designed, limited edition book bringing together the best of #Penrose, taken from the years #HerbertSpencer (of #Typographica fame) was editor. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857440423/penrose-1964-73
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Critically important new book from my colleague and friend Snait Gissis. Essential reading. #evolution #lamarck #HerbertSpencer #socialscience #philsci #histsci @philbio @histstm @socialscience @philosophyofscience
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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
-- Herbert Spencer⬆ #Quotes #HerbertSpencer #Action #Education #Knowledge
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Protest #MarchForOurLives #Florida
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Survival of the fittest is not a term created by #CharlesDarwin to explain successful biological adaptations, it was invented by #HerbertSpencer to add a gilded patina of #science to his notion of #SocialDarwinism, created solely to justify social and #EconomicInequality and oppression by the wealthy of the #worker.
Nothing anywhere, for anyone, has fundamentally changed.
#TheGildedAgePBS #AmericanExperience #PBS
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@Fischblog Läuse.
Also, bei harmlosen Kopfläusen müssen die Kinder zuhause bleiben. Wie man mir gestern sagte: 'Weil Läuse ansteckend sind!'
Tuberkolose geht i.O. 'Das Immunsystem muss doch trainiert werden!'
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Hi!
Perhaps a Re-#Introduction is in order since there's so many more people in this space to share stories and insights with.I'm an #Alchemist. I manipulate symbols and materials to effect #transformations and thus transform myself.
My practice was revealed to me in a series of trances by an ancient #goddess who has many historical forms. Some of these are the #Kemetic goddesses known as the Eyes of Ra. She recently revealed to me that she would like me to refer to her as #Hathor. I'm not second guessing that advice.I'm a cis het old guy (58) happy married for 25 years. I adore women. Mostly from afar.
Race- white, blue eyed ethnic jew.
My technique is centered on an apparatus I built based on a design the goddess revealed. I later connected the components and operation symbolically to equipment and processes described in classic #Alchemy sources.
I'm a non-traditional Alchemist. I don't use a forge or do metallurgy. My device is electrical and uses a type of #crystal to focus energy. It can roughly be described as a type of lamp. The picture shows the output of my process. It's called a #Violograph.It is commonly asserted, and I agree, that the coveted philosopher's stone refers to the practitioners themselves. As the goal of the process it is in reality the transformed person.
This is done by separating the spirit and soul from the #body, changing them and then re-uniting them in the body again. Carl #Jung has some interesting ideas on this.Politically- #anarchosyndicalist and card carrying #Wobbly. I’ve been working at the same factory for 28 years.
Other areas of interest besides the #occult are listed below.
Music-
I write songs, play electric #bass and #ukulele. Not famous at all.
A few faves-
#Motorhead
#HankWilliams
#CarolinaChocolateDrops
#Budgie
#JudasPriest
#JohnnyWinter
#BuddyGuy
#HotTuna
#WilliamElliotWhitmore
#JackBruceArt-
#GustavKlimt
#JackKirby
#FrankFrazetta
#ErnstFuchs
#GilbertShelton
Philosophy:
#Plotinus
#HerbertSpencer (I know- cringe)
#MaxStirner
#Hegel
#Heraclitus
#Iamblichus
Food: #glutenfree, I'll take what I can get. Non-celiac.Drink- #pinotgrigio wine spritzers mostly.
A pinch of #weed goes a looooonnnng way. After 45 years of smoking I'm a total lightweight now that it's legal here. That's #Chicago (officially a suburb 10 miles outside city limits), btw.Everyone I’ve met here is awesome!
Peace and Solidarity! -
'Temps: el que els homes sempre intenten matar però que acaba matant-los'.
#200Anys del naixement del pensador del #SXIX #HerbertSpencer 📚📚📚!