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Tag Archives: Achilles
The Eaves
Cycling to work every day I get a regular soaking. Decent waterproofs help. But there are days, when looking out of the kitchen window, I don’t fancy it much. A number of years ago in the book ‘Angry White Pyjamas’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Achilles, Aristotle, Badger skin pants, Bravery, Courage, Hagakure, Montaigne, Rain, Samurai, Step out from the Eaves
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Cosmos
Today I spent an hour, at the unveiling of a statue to Yuri Gagarin, with the man who has spent more time in space than any other – the Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev. Poised, distinguished and himself chipped from granite, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Achilles, Cosmonaut, Friendships, Gagarin, International Collaboration, Profound, Sergei Krikalev, Space, USSR
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Tragedies
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Simon Armitage’s updating of The Odyssey this week – a rattling good read, in my view. Our hero Odysseus, helped by Athene – and in spite of Poseidon and the only sometimes benign neglect of Zeus … Continue reading
Poetry in Motion
I’ve just finished Csikszentmihalyi’s ‘Flow’. There are things to criticise. Some points – the time we waste in front of TV notably – are right but he makes them repetitively. His style occasionally grates. But, in my humble opinion, it … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Flow', Achilles, Aristotle, Balance, Bayesian Brain, Csikszentmihalyi, Epicureanism, Existentialism, Meaning, Nureyev, Poems, Scepticism, Stoicism, Telos, The Harp Player
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Inner Disposition
Twice this week I made myself feel a lot better by acting to adjust my ‘inner disposition’. Before Christmas I read the Stoic Epictetus’s ‘Handbook’. The translator and expert guide Keith Seddon has produced a simple summary of Stoicism in … Continue reading
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Tagged Achilles, Anger, Aristotle, Epictetus, Eudaimonia, Fearlessness, In the Moment, Inner Disposition, Keith Seddon, Kierkegaard, Letting Go, Peace of Mind, Ranting, Risk, Serenity, Stoicism
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Corporate Punishment i) Questions
I’ve decided to begin an irregular series on ‘corporate’ behaviours which one encounters in large organisations. Most of these start with the germ of a good idea from some management book or coach. Some are learnt through imitation and emulation. … Continue reading
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Tagged Achilles, Action, Aristotle, Corporate Behaviours, Courage, Creativity, Hesiod, Work
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Achilles
Within hours of setting up this blog and posting my first post I was gripped with a pang of pure fear. What if someone mad, bad or sad takes an interest in me, seeks to contact me, meet me or … Continue reading
