Ash Wednesday
This is the first day of the Season of Doing Without. The Christian Ramadan, as some have put it, perhaps confused a bit over which came first.
One of the thing the Late Modern mind has difficulty grasping is allowing an appetite to go unslaked. If it feels good, DO IT! What do we want? You name it. When do we want it? NOW!
The ancient hedonists never confused pleasure with the good. The indulgence of the senses results in a flabby mind and body; and modern neuroscience tells us that habituating such neural patterns interferes with the formation of neural patters originating in the neocortex. Or in the older formulation: "Sin makes you stupid."
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One of the thing the Late Modern mind has difficulty grasping is allowing an appetite to go unslaked. If it feels good, DO IT! What do we want? You name it. When do we want it? NOW!
The ancient hedonists never confused pleasure with the good. The indulgence of the senses results in a flabby mind and body; and modern neuroscience tells us that habituating such neural patterns interferes with the formation of neural patters originating in the neocortex. Or in the older formulation: "Sin makes you stupid."
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