More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn (1718) Part 20 249-253 (The Conformist)
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That's some banger cover art.
Summary: It is okay to conform if it's A. Necessary and B. Not against your Conscience.
Commentary:
253. And yet the Latitudinarian that I love, is one that is only so in Charity; for the Freedom I recommend is no Scepticism in Judgment, and much less so in Practice.
Latitudinarian is a lot of word.
More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn (1718) Part 19 236-248 (The Vain Man)
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This is the exact opposite of how I thought they worked. Learning!
Summary: This one was kinda similar to jealousy.
Commentary:
248. May we have more of them, or less Need of them.
Benediction worthy.
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Summary: We should make people give their excess wealth to bettering society.
Commentary:
234. Have we no Room for them in our Plantations, about Things that may augment Trade, without Luxury?
The 18th century version of, "how will the billionaires buy their 7th yacht?"
Bonus:
Pay for your robot insurance, wealthy elders!
Summary: Stop being greedy.
Commentary:
213. It shews a Depraved State of Mind, to Cark and Care for that which one does not need.
cark
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verb
ˈkärk
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transitive verb
: to burden with care or anxiety : vex, worry, trouble
216. But it is strange, that Old Men should excel: For generally Money lies nearest them that are nearest their Graves; As if they would augment their Love in Proportion to the little Time they have left to enjoy it: And yet their Pleasure is without Enjoyment, since none enjoy what they do not use.
It seems to me that (today) most elderly people are either relatively wealthy, or dirt poor. Is there such a thing as "middle class elderly"?
219. Such are they as spend not one Fifth of their Income, and, it may be, give not one Tenth of what they spend to the Needy.
220. This is the worst Sort of Idolatry, because there can be no Religion in it, nor Ignorance pleaded in Excuse of it; and that it wrongs other Folks that ought to have a Share therein.
I think framing it as "what percent of your money can/do you actually spend?" is effective at pointing out how absurdly rich someone can become. If you can't spend (most of) it, you should give (some of) it away.
More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn (1718) Part 15 198-204 (Of State)
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Summary: Form>Function
Commentary:
198. I love Service, but not State; One is Useful, the other is Superfluous.
And I already wasted the Libertarian police video.
Actually, I think this one is about "stateliness" like dressing up, not THE STATE.
More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn (1718) Part 14 190-197 (Of Jealousy)
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Summary: Jealousy bad.
Commentary:
192. This Civil Dissension in the Mind, like that of the Body Politick, commits great Disorders, and lays all waste.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. Mark 3:25
I think I knew that was from the Bible and not originally Lincoln, but I forgot.
More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn (1718) Part 20 249-253 (The Conformist) Bonus: That's some banger cover art. Summary: It is o...
