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Re: Why "Declaring the Glory"?
By: Piper Date: April 25, 2015, 5:41 pm
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[font=arial]^Psalm 104:28Living Bible (TLB)
28 You supply it, and they gather it. You open wide your hand to
feed them, and they are satisfied with all your bountiful
provision.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms]Great piccy!
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Re: Why "Declaring the Glory"?
By: A nonny mouse Date: April 25, 2015, 10:37 pm
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Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face.
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Re: Why "Declaring the Glory"?
By: Piper Date: April 25, 2015, 11:00 pm
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[font=trebuchet ms]It's Nemo! :)[/font]
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Re: Why "Declaring the Glory"?
By: A nonny mouse Date: April 26, 2015, 2:32 am
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[quote author=Piper link=topic=107.msg1500#msg1500
date=1430020823]
It's Nemo! :)
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Haha Nancy, I didn’t expect it but it looks as if you have
‘rumbled’ me.
Nemo, according to Heraclitus is the theoretical fourth part of
the human psyche that emphasizes the self's insignificance and
meaninglessness.
Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 535 – c. 475 BCE) was a pre-Socratic
Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on
the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage.
Little is known about his early life and education, but he
regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. From
the lonely life he led, and still more from the riddling and
paradoxical nature of his philosophy and his stress upon the
needless unconsciousness of humankind, he was called "The
Obscure" and the "Weeping Philosopher".
Heraclitus believed in the unity of opposites, stating that "the
path up and down are one and the same", all existing entities
being characterized by pairs of contrary properties. His cryptic
utterance that "all entities come to be in accordance with this
Logos" has been the subject of numerous interpretations.
The main source for the life of Heraclitus is Diogenes Laërtius.
Laertius must have lived after Sextus Empiricus (c. 200 CE),
whom he mentions, and before Stephanus of Byzantium and Sopater
of Apamea (c. 500 CE), who quote him. His work makes no mention
of Neoplatonism, even though it is addressed to a woman who was
"an enthusiastic Platonist". Hence he is assumed to have
flourished in the first half of the 3rd century, during the
reign of Alexander Severus (222–235) and his successors.
The precise form of his name is uncertain. The ancient
manuscripts invariably refer to a "Laertius Diogenes", and this
form of the name is repeated by Sopater and the Suda. The modern
form "Diogenes Laertius" is much rarer, used by Stephanus of
Byzantium, and in a lemma to the Greek Anthology. He is also
referred to as "Laertes" or simply "Diogenes".
The origin of the name "Laertius" is also uncertain. Stephanus
of Byzantium refers to him as
"Διογένης ὁ
Λαερτιεύς"
(Diogenes ho Laertieus), implying that he was the native of some
town, perhaps the Laerte in Caria (or another Laerte in
Cilicia). Another suggestion is that one of his ancestors had
for a patron a member of the Roman family of the Laërtii. The
prevailing modern theory is that "Laertius" is a nickname
(derived from the Homeric epithet Diogenes Laertiade, used in
addressing Odysseus) used to distinguish him from the many other
people called Diogenes in the ancient world.
His home town is unknown (at best uncertain, even according to a
hypothesis that Laertius refers to his origin). A disputed
passage in his writings has been used to suggest that it was
Nicaea in Bithynia.
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Re: Why "Declaring the Glory"?
By: A nonny mouse Date: April 26, 2015, 2:53 am
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I’m living on the mountain, underneath a cloudless sky,
I’m drinking at the fountain that never shall run dry;
O yes, I’m feasting on the manna from a bountiful supply,
For I am dwelling in Beulah Land.
Far away the noise of strife upon my ear is falling,
Then I know the sins of earth beset on every hand;
Doubt and fear and things of earth in vain to me are calling,
None of these shall move me from Beulah Land.
Far below the storm of doubt upon the world is beating,
Sons of men in battle long the enemy withstand;
Safe am I within the castle of God’s word retreating,
Nothing then can reach me, ’tis Beulah Land.
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Re: Why "Declaring the Glory"?
By: A nonny mouse Date: April 26, 2015, 3:20 am
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Nancy loves horses. ;)
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Re: Why "Declaring the Glory"?
By: Piper Date: April 26, 2015, 4:53 am
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[font=trebuchet ms]Keep 'em comin', my Weeping Philosopher. :)
But . . . I'm afraid "Nemo" was nothing so philosophical to me,
haha. Should I be embarrassed? :D
This is Nemo:
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[font=trebuchet ms]Disney's Nemo is a clownfish, like the one
visiting your turtle, previous post. Awesome Disney movie for
the young at heart.[/font]
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[font=trebuchet ms]We used to sell them at the pet shop
(although they're much happier in the ocean). They're salt
water fish, and they have a very interesting symbiotic
relationship with sea anemones, nestling into their poisonous
tentacles for protection while helping the anemone catch its
prey by luring other fish so that the anemone can catch them.
Clownfish also eat any dead tentacles and "left-overs," keeping
the anemone and the area around it clean.[/font]
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[font=trebuchet ms]Here's a short video about the
relationship:[/font]
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Re: Why "Declaring the Glory"?
By: A nonny mouse Date: April 26, 2015, 6:33 am
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[quote author=Piper link=topic=107.msg1504#msg1504
date=1430042000]
Keep 'em comin', my Weeping Philosopher. :)
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OK....then here cum another deep sea offering.
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What will happen to these wonderful chappies if Revelation 21:1
comes to pass?
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Re: Why "Declaring the Glory"?
By: Poppy Date: April 26, 2015, 8:36 am
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[quote]Nemo, according to Heraclitus is the theoretical fourth
part of the human psyche that emphasizes the self's
insignificance and meaninglessness.[/quote]
So is that like the opposite of ego?
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Re: Why "Declaring the Glory"?
By: A nonny mouse Date: April 26, 2015, 5:13 pm
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[quote author=Poppy link=topic=107.msg1507#msg1507
date=1430055375]
So is that like the opposite of ego?
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Maybe the opposite of Nemo is Omen.
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