Finished Reading “Heretics”

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  "G. K. Chesterton, the "Prince of Paradox," is at his witty best in this collection of twenty essays and articles from the turn of the twentieth century. Focusing on  "heretics" - those who pride themselves on their superiority to Christian views - Chesterton appraises prominent figures who fall into that category from the literary and art worlds... those who hold incomplete and inadequate views about "life, the universe, and everything." He is, in short, criticizing all that host of non-Christian views of reality, as he demonstrated in his follow-up book Orthodoxy. The book is both an easy read and a difficult read. But he manages to demonstrate, among other things, that our new 21st century heresies are really not new because he himself deals with most of them." (Goodreads)

Conquer _______ with a Fortune Cookie.

One reason I find Stoicism so captivating is because they don't waste time with deep or wandering explanations. Stoic philosophy is put forth in "fortune cookie" sayings--short and to the point.

Emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius wrote this note to himself in his journal. “Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions—not outside.”

Take whatever it is that troubles you and put in in the blank. Stress, fear, intimidation, hate . . .

 “Today I escaped ________. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions—not outside.”

Interesting how that works, eh?

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