Auspicious Thoughts, Propitious Mind.

You're reading Auspicious Thoughts, Propitious Mind., originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. In his book, Auspicious Thoughts, Propitious Mind, the author Richard Camden acknowledges that as sentient creatures, we all are capable of some useful degree of perceptiveness, and that degree can be heightened by informed contemplation. The book has five philosophical themes and the book’s title was chosen to reflect its aspects of eudaemonia (Aristotle), meaning our achieving the best conditions possible for us, in every sense – not only happiness, but also virtue, morality, and a meaningful life; and also aspects of a practical philosophy that can encourage an adroit and practical worldliness, a certain ‘savoir faire’ in matters of the heart and mind.  Thoughts and observations are mooted, and some questions posed; some provoking questions as well as provoking answers are offered, as well as some generally held attitudes and beliefs challenged. Some readers may see a touch of satire and what may be accepted as wit. The words can be both evocative and provocative; and can appeal well to any philosophical turn of mind in us, perhaps even question the psychology of our thoughts, our way of thinking, our beliefs and those subsequent actions, not only as individuals, but also for groups and nations. There can be interest held for the secular, the humanists...
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