{"id":8672,"date":"2013-07-03T15:04:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T15:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/07\/03\/after-aristotle\/"},"modified":"2013-07-03T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T15:04:43","slug":"after-aristotle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/07\/03\/after-aristotle\/","title":{"rendered":"After Aristotle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The proprietor and author of the weblog After Aristotle<\/a> writes, <\/span><\/p>\n

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Having retired after decades as an academician in various capacities, both administrative and professorial, at a small college in Massachusetts, I am dedicating the next three decades or so of my life to the fullest exploration possible of all that philosophy has to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bravo! Wise move.  A human life should not be wasted on useless administrivia and teaching the unteachable in an age when so-called universities have forgotten their classical mission and have degenerated into leftist seminaries.<\/span><\/p>\n

I get mail from people who are in a position to retire but hesitate out of fear of not having enough money.  My advice to them is that since death can come without warning, "like a thief in the night," they ought to take the plunge.  James Gandolfini died young at 51.  When he woke up on the last morning of his life did he think it was to be his last?  <\/span><\/p>\n

The question to ask yourself is this:  In what state will death find me?<\/em>  Grubbing for more loot?  Or living the best life I can live pursuing the highest ends I am able to pursue?<\/span><\/p>\n

"The trouble is, you think you have time." (attributed to Buddha)<\/span><\/p>\n

Related:  The Vital Imperative: Live Well, Live Now<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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The proprietor and author of the weblog After Aristotle writes, Having retired after decades as an academician in various capacities, both administrative and professorial, at a small college in Massachusetts, I am dedicating the next three decades or so of my life to the fullest exploration possible of all that philosophy has to offer. Bravo! Wise move.  … Continue reading “After Aristotle”<\/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":[109,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-sage-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8672","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=8672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}