Month: February 2019

tumblr_lwdyxtALHX1qzrzrro1 steelopus: They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul Not to put too fine a point on itSay I’m the only bee in your bonnetMake a little birdhouse in your soul

The impact of war is self-evident, since economically it is exactly the same as if the nation were to drop a part of its capital into the ocean. Marx – Grundrisse 1857 (via dailymarx)

Adulting (adj.)

Pronunciation /ˈadʌltɪŋ/ /əˈdʌltɪŋ/ mass noun; informal The practice of behaving in a way characteristic of a responsible adult, especially the accomplishment of mundane but necessary tasks. ‘it feels really good to take a step back from adulting and have someone else cook dinner for me’as modifier ‘I finished all my adulting requirements for the week’

The medieval taste for bright colors is well known. It was a ‘barbarous’ taste, which favored big jewels inserted into the boards of book-bindings, glowing gold objects, brightly painted sculpture, paintings covering the walls of churches and of the houses of the powerful, and the colored magic of stained glass. The almost colorless middle ages…

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αἴσθησις (aisthesis)

Etymology From αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to perceive”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis). Pronunciation more ▼ IPA(key): /ǎi̯s.tʰɛː.sis/ → /ˈɛs.θi.sis/ → /ˈes.θi.sis/ Noun αἴσθησῐς • (aísthēsis) f (genitive αἰσθήσεως); third declension Perception from the senses, feeling, hearing, seeing Perception by the intellect as well as the senses That which is perceived: scent Ability to perceive: discernment Cognition or discernment…

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