"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

27 November 2008

A good world on the whole



After this afternoon's feast, my family and I watched the Ken Burns production, Thomas Jefferson. Toward the conclusion of the movie, there was a discussion about correspondence between Jefferson and his long-time adversary and friend, John Adams. Jefferson's philosophy of life and how to live it, was described with astounding simplicity in his letter to Adams of April 8, 1816.

Read it here.

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