Tim

Professor de filosofia
Especialista em história da arte

[𝔉🅰𝒏 Karoline Leavitt @WHLeavitt]

Islamic Imam:

“Christians and Jews are monkeys and pigs to us. That’s what Allah called them. Allah called them so to make it easier for us to kill them because they’re not real humans.”

Deport Islamists and ban their immigration before it’s too late?

A. Yes
B. No

[Blue Ocean @BlueOcean3276]

🌊✨ Floating through the ocean with effortless grace.

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

In an 1806 duel, Andrew Jackson (the 7th American president) knew he couldn't outdraw master marksman Charles Dickinson. His survival strategy was brutal: he deliberately let Dickinson shoot him first.

Under the rules of dueling, once a man fired, he was required to stand motionless on his mark and await his opponent's return fire. If Jackson rushed his shot to beat Dickinson, he might miss. By absorbing the bullet, Jackson bought himself the time to aim with absolute precision.

Dickinson fired. A cloud of dust puffed from Jackson’s coat as the bullet struck him squarely in the chest. But Jackson did not fall. He simply raised his left hand to his chest, stood perfectly still, and leveled his pistol.

Jackson survived the immediate impact because of a wardrobe trick and his gaunt physique. Standing 6-foot-1 and weighing only about 145 pounds, Jackson wore a loose, oversized dark blue frock coat. When he took his mark, he turned sideways in a bladed stance. Dickinson aimed exactly where a man's heart should be based on the drape of the coat. The bullet hit the precise spot Dickinson intended, but Jackson's actual heart was an inch or two away. The ball shattered two ribs and lodged deep in his chest cavity.

Despite the massive trauma, Jackson masked his pain through sheer willpower and spite. He despised Dickinson—who had publicly insulted his wife—and was determined not to give the marksman the satisfaction of knowing he had landed a successful shot before dying. Jackson later said, 'I should have hit him, if he had shot me through the brain.'

Jackson pulled his trigger, but the pistol stopped at half-cock. He calmly pulled the hammer all the way back, took aim again, and shot Dickinson in the abdomen. Dickinson fell and bled to death hours later.

Jackson casually walked away from the dueling ground with his surgeon, hiding his wound until they were out of sight of Dickinson's seconds. It was only when the surgeon noticed blood sloshing inside Jackson's left boot that he realized the future president had been hit. The bullet was too close to the heart to be safely removed, and Jackson carried it inside his chest for the remaining 39 years of his life.

#drthehistories

[The Knowledge Archivist @KnowledgeArchiv]

“God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.”

— Saint Augustine of Hippo

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

"Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues, and bring them back into the light."

—Russell Kirk

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Never having privacy again once you get a cat.

[The Astronomy Guy @astrooalert]

"Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe."

-- Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642)

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

A college economics professor stated that he had once failed an entire class. That class insisted that socialism is functional and that no one should be poor and no one rich, that everyone is equal...

The teacher told them, "OK, we will do an experiment on socialism in this group.

All grades will be averaged, and everyone will get the same grade, so no one will fail and no one will get a 10."

After the first test, the grades were added up and divided by the number of students, and everyone got an 8.

The students who studied intensively were upset, but those who studied less were overjoyed.

As the second test approached, the students who had studied a little learned even less, and those who had studied more intensively told themselves that they also wanted a "handout", so they also studied less.

The average of the second test was 6.

When the third test was given, the average score was 4. To the great surprise of all the students, they all failed.

The teacher told them that socialism will eventually fail because when half the population sees that they cannot work, because the other half will take care of them, and when the half that worked realizes that there is no point in working anymore, because others are the beneficiaries of their labor, then that is the end of any nation
The story may be a fable not a fact but the moral is real
Get it?

[gregorio catarino @gregcatarino1]

The most important decision you will ever make is to be in a good mood

-Voltaire

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

Ingmar Bergman on what "The Seventh Seal" (1957) meant to him:

"'The Seventh Seal' (1957) is one of the few films really close to my heart. Actually, I don’t know why. It’s certainly far from perfect. I had to contend with all sorts of madness, and one can detect here and there the speed with which it was made. But I find it even, strong, and vital. Furthermore, in this film I passionately cultivated my theme to the fullest.

Since at the time I was still very much in a quandary over religious faith, I placed my two opposing beliefs side by side, allowing each to state its case in its own way. In this manner, a virtual cease-fire could exist between my childhood piety and my newfound harsh rationalism. Thus, there are no neurotic complications between the knight and his vassals.

Also, I infused the characters of Jof and Mia with something that was very important to me: the concept of the holiness of the human being. If you peel off the layers of various theologies, the holy always remains.

I also added a playful friendliness to the family picture. The child brings about the miracle, and the juggler’s eighth ball stands still in the air for one breathtaking moment, a microsecond. 'The Seventh Seal' doesn’t chafe anywhere."

("Images: My Life in Film", Ingmar Bergman, 1992)

P.S: Remembering the legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman on his 108th birthday!

[The Scientific Lens @LensScientific]

“The job of a scientist is to listen carefully to nature, not to tell nature how to behave.”

[LiteraryVienna @LiteraryVienna]

„I have an admittedly idealistic attachment to kindness, because kindness and kindliness means that you are acting on a natural instinct towards your kin…I think one really has to hang on to that.“

Tom Stoppard

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Wakes up with a start, feels safe in its owner’s arms, lets out a soft little sound, and then peacefully drifts back to sleep. ❤️

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

The Hungarian Parliament Building is perhaps the most beautiful and iconic parliament building in the world.

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”

― Epictetus

[Catholic Quotes @CatholicQuote12]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel,intercede for us.

[MotherMary @Mothermary0012]

"When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife."

Matthew 1:24

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

This is Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent 8 years on death row after being accused of “blasphemy” for drinking water from a Muslim’s cup.

Asia was working in the fields with her Muslim coworkers. She got thirsty and went to fetch water from the well, where she took a drink with an old metal cup she had found. This is all it took.

Christians are considered dirty and impure in Islam, and she was accused of attempting to contaminate the Muslims’ water just by drinking from their cup. She was sentenced to death by hanging.

The governor of her province voiced opposition to the verdict and was assassinated by his own bodyguard.

When she was finally acquitted in 2018 due to international pressure, tens of thousands of Muslims rioted, demanding her immediate execution.

A local poll found that 10 MILLION Pakistanis would personally kill her if given the chance. Just for drinking water from a cup.

Her lawyer had to flee the country. And after months in hiding, she was finally able to escape Pakistan and received asylum in Canada.

This is Sharia-ruled Pakistan, where non-Muslims live under the constant threat of death. The more I learn about this country, the more it just feels like ISIS with a formal government.

[Cosmic Gaia @CosmicGaiaX]

Some flowers bloom at night 🌼🌛

[Learn Latin @latinedisce]

Ego sum via, vēritās et vīta — “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”