Originally I was going to read Metamorphoses by Ovid but I realized that I didn’t have the time. So I decided to listen to the audiobook of How to Get Over a Breakup instead. I hope that Metamorphoses was a better read.
This book was a disappointment. It did however get me to think about how little human nature has changed over time. Unfortunately Ovid provides horrible advice and I hope that it was written in jest and not as serious advice.
Mixed in with his morally bankrupt ideas there were some suggestions that were better. I will give one example of each. As a morally bankrupt idea he suggests before being intimate with your chosen partner to go have sex with someone else first so you will last longer with your partner. One of his better suggestions was to fill your time with activities after you break up so that your mind will not have the time to wander back to thoughts of your former love interest.
Overall this was not a book I would recommend.
Thomas Aquinas is credited as one of the greatest proponents of natural law. During his time in Cologne he was taught by Albertus Magnus. Magnus used the teachings of Aristotle in his mentorship of Thomas Aquinas.
Samuel Adams believed in American Independence from Great Britain. He is one of the most well know Son's of Liberty. On August 1, 1776 he gave a speech to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Hefei, China Thursday 6:00AM
The rising sun was just beginning to peak over the horizon. The darkness of night was about to give way to the light of day. The sleeping city would soon be bustling with activity completely unaware of what had occurred while it slept.
Zhao Kai stood outside a small warehouse looking building. For all of the modernization that had been occurring in China this building had been skipped. At least on the outside. It appeared old and nearly abandoned but the inside told a different story. Before Kai entered the building he glanced at the rising sun. This was his favorite moment of the day. The blinding light of the sun was a weapon that he used literally.
On numerous occasions he would take a prisoner to a spot where there was an unobstructed view of the rising sun. Then he would bind them in such a way that they had to stare directly into the sun. If he did his job right they would not be able to close their eyes and would return to their prison cells blinded for life. If he didn’t just kill them. That punishment would not be on the table today but perhaps tomorrow. He liked ...
