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3 things are necessary for the salvation of man:

to know what he ought to believe,
to know what he ought to desire,
and to know what he ought to do.

-st. thomas aquinas

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A good topic for debate but alas.

 

A man may believe that which is wrong, he may desire that which will bring him woe and he may do a thing which will have uncertain consequences.

 

My 2 penn'orth, Peace.

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A good topic for debate but alas.

 

A man may believe that which is wrong, he may desire that which will bring him woe and he may do a thing which will have uncertain consequences.

 

My 2 penn'orth, Peace.

And that, Sir, would be called: Not following the Way of Tao.

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3 things are necessary for the salvation of man:

 

to know what he ought to believe,

to know what he ought to desire,

and to know what he ought to do.

 

-st. thomas aquinas

 

I'm somewhat of an admirer of Tommy but would rephrase this as -

 

3 things are necessary for the salvation of man:

 

to know that he ought not believe,

to know that he ought not desire,

and to know that there is nothing to be done.

 

-steve

 

:D

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Oh!, Steve, that's too much for me to handle.

 

Sorry... one step at a time...

Slow deep breaths...

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3 things are necessary for the salvation of man:

to know what he ought to believe,

to know what he ought to desire,

and to know what he ought to do.

 

-st. thomas aquinas

 

“To be is to do”—Socrates.

“To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre.

“Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.

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I'm somewhat of an admirer of Tommy but would rephrase this as -

 

3 things are necessary for the salvation of man:

 

to know that he ought not believe,

to know that he ought not desire,

and to know that there is nothing to be done.

 

-steve

 

:D

 

 

nice, this is just as important, maybe more.

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