Category Archives: Aphorisms

Letters to a freshman

Posted on February 11, 2015 by draulston

A friend of mine in his first year of college periodically writes to get my opinion on things he hears and talks about at college.  He sent me a recent email questioning some statements from one of his courses.  His … Continue reading →

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Reflection

Posted on June 13, 2014 by draulston

Facebook has many posts (mine does, at least) that are e-Card messages or slogans. Most that I see are entertaining, and most have some truth to them. But in the nature of slogans, they are oversimplifications. I had dinner with … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Thoughts

Posted on January 1, 2013 by draulston

Seemed like an appropriate time for some thoughts from Whitehead on education:   Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge. In education, the broad primrose path. . . is represented by a book or a … Continue reading →

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Emerson

Posted on July 6, 2012 by draulston

I am reading Cornel West’s The American Evasion of Philosophy and while he self-admittedly has a political position to make with his book, his opening section shows a much more complete portrait of Emerson’s thought than either the Self-Reliance or American Scholar essay … Continue reading →

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Aphorisms 3

Posted on March 2, 2012 by draulston

21 Some people will try to make use of you. Don’t let them unless you just want to, but don’t be surprised either. 22 There is a basic asymmetry in the world: not everyone you like will like you back. 23 When you … Continue reading →

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Aphorisms 2

Posted on February 7, 2012 by draulston

11. If you have to ask for advice, you usually know what you should do and just don’t want to. 12. GAG every once in a while: “Go Against the Grain”. do something you aren’t really sure you can do … Continue reading →

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A traditional classroom

Posted on February 3, 2012 by draulston

… is effectively a set of cheat codes for learning (to borrow McGonigal’s perspective a moment).

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Aphorisms

Posted on December 26, 2011 by draulston

Perhaps reading Nietzsche this fall caused me to fall into this sort of vein, but here are some aphorisms of my own, some original and some not.  A few sacrifice precision for pithiness.  Most were originally intended specifically for my … Continue reading →

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