Redeeming My Time
Matthew J. Peterson, ABD
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Ethical Aphorism

August 6th 2009

One doesn’t become good by not doing evil, one becomes good by doing good.
So say the wise: in the past, now, and forever.
We ought to aim for the bulls eye rather than merely attempting to not hit the wall behind it.  (This is not to say that we should pretend there is no difference [...]

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History And Human Nature

July 15th 2009

The study of history is only fruitful, or even possible, to the extent one understands human nature.
Of course, we naturally and reasonably turn to history in order to understand human nature. Yet while we may use what we know of history to assist in our study of human nature and we may use what [...]

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