“If you based your knowledge of the human species exclusively on adverts, you'd think that the normal condition of humanity was to be a good-looking single person between 20 and 35, with excellent muscle-definition and/or an excellent figure, and a large disposable income.” IfsThinkingHumansPersonsHumanityConditionsFiguresNormalSpeciesDefinitionsIncomeExcellentMusclesLooking GoodSingle PersonHuman SpeciesDisposableAdverts Author:Francis Spufford
“Ceremony assists people to adjust to change (a marriage ceremony does this for families), to recognize achievement (a classic example is a graduation ceremony), to relate, to express love, and/or to establish a relationship. Ceremonies are the human way we have to signpost a deal such as a business merger, to trigger off a healthy grief process (such as in divorce or funeral ceremonies), to welcome another human being into the family. So Ceremonies have these excellent effects - they can be used further to announce intentions, to express loyalty and to reinforce a sense of identity.” PeopleWayHumansDoeUsedProcessHuman BeingsDealsGriefEffectsExampleIdentityHealthyAchievementIntentionDivorceLoyaltyWelcomeRelateExcellentClassicFuneralCeremonyTriggersMergersSignpostsMarriage CeremonyGraduation Ceremony Author:Dally Messenger
“What actions are the most excellent? Those, certainly, which most powerfully appeal to the great primary human affections: to those elementary feelings which subsist permanently in the race, and which are independent of time. These feelings are permanent and the same; that which interests them is permanent and the same also.” HumansFeelingsActionInterestRaceIndependentAffectionPrimariesAppealsExcellentPermanentMost Powerful Book:On the Classical Tradition Source: On the Classical Tradition