{"id":1840,"date":"2022-10-06T13:14:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T13:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/10\/06\/maxims-and-metamaxims\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T13:14:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T13:14:48","slug":"maxims-and-metamaxims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/10\/06\/maxims-and-metamaxims\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxims and Meta-Maxims"},"content":{"rendered":"

1) Live now: resist the tendency to bring the past into the present.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) Beware of viewing yourself through the belittling eyes of others.<\/span><\/p>\n

3) Avoid negative and weakening thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n

4) Avoid comparisons with others.<\/span><\/p>\n

5) Keep socializing to the minimum necessary to maintain one's sanity and humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n

6) Do not associate with those beneath you except as duty and necessity require.<\/span><\/p>\n

7) Guard the mind, the tongue, the heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

8) Abide in the here, the now, the self.<\/span><\/p>\n

9) Aspire.<\/span><\/p>\n

10 Strive and persevere.<\/span><\/p>\n

11) Begin the day with a review of these and other maxims.<\/span><\/p>\n

12) Maxims ought to be part of one's 'everyday carry.' Don't leave home without them.<\/span><\/p>\n

13) Age quod agis<\/em>!<\/span><\/p>\n

14) Indulgence weakens; resistance strengthens.<\/span><\/p>\n

15) Coin new maxims.<\/span><\/p>\n

16) Carpe diem et noctem!<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1) Live now: resist the tendency to bring the past into the present. 2) Beware of viewing yourself through the belittling eyes of others. 3) Avoid negative and weakening thoughts. 4) Avoid comparisons with others. 5) Keep socializing to the minimum necessary to maintain one's sanity and humanity. 6) Do not associate with those beneath … Continue reading “Maxims and Meta-Maxims”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maxims-mottoes-epitaphs-etc","category-sage-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}