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Thought Tweet #419

by Rick Baker
On Feb 23, 2012

Thought Tweet #419  "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." #ReneDescartes 

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Descartes: what an interesting man! He started a philosophical revolution when he said, "I think; therefore I am." He also said, "I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake." [And, from what I've read, he might not have felt dogs are 'Man's Best Friend'.]

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Delegation & Decisions | Hero Worship | Thought Tweets | Wisdom: Surviving the Test of Time

About Napoleon Bonaparte and the 'thought-force'

by Rick Baker
On Feb 23, 2012

About Napoleon and the thought-force

"Napoleon's army is in the East. The plague is beginning to make inroads into its ranks. Long lines of men are lying in cots and on the ground in an open space adjoining the army. Fear has taken a vital hold of all, and the men are continually being stricken. Look yonder: contrary to the earnest entreaties of his officers, who tell him that such exposure will mean sure death, Napoleon with a calm and dauntless look upon his face, with a firm and defiant step, is coming through these plague-stricken ranks. He is going up to, talking with, touching the men: and, as they see him, there goes up a mighty shout, - The Emperor! the Emperor! and from that hour the plague in its inroads is stopped. A marvelous example of the power of a man who, by his own dauntless courage, absolute fearlessness, and power of mind, could send out such forces that they in turn awakened kindred forces in the minds of thousands of others, which in turn dominate their very bodies, so that the plague, and even death itself, is driven from the field. One of the grandest examples of a man of the most mighty and tremendous mind and will power, and at the same time an example of one of the grandest failures, taking life in its totality, the world has ever seen."

 

From Ralph Waldo Trine’s ‘This Mystical Life of Ours’ (1919 edition)

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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Hero Worship

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