The Only Real Measure
Bertrand Russell, the English philosopher, once said, The very best proof that something can be done is that others have already done it. In the New Testament, Jesus taught the way to measure the truth of any principle By their fruits, ye shall know them. In other words, the only question you need to ask about any idea is, Does it work Does it bring about the results that you desire Milton Friedman, the Nobel prizewinning economist, said, The only true measure of a theory or idea is your...
The Blank Slate
The Scottish philosopher David Hume was the first to propose the idea of the tabula rasa or blank slate. This theory says that each person comes into the world with no thoughts or ideas at all, and everything that a person thinks and feels is learned from infancy onward. It is as though the child's mind is a blank slate that every passing person and experience leaves a mark on.The adult becomes the sum total of everything he or she learns, feels, and experiences growing up. What the adult does...