A History of Common Sense: Do You Believe in Miracles? Social And Cultural Myths of Achievement.

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Do You Believe in Miracles? Social And Cultural Myths of Achievement.

One of the favorite myths--or perhaps partial truths--in our American lives is that “hard work” inevitably leads to success. For some people, in certain circumstances, the notion that we can accomplish anything if only we are willing to work hard, serves as a positive spur to attitude and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Creative commentary very loosely-based on Thomas Paine's Common Sense. The name "Hemlocker" refers symbolically to one whose convictions and beliefs could lead to his demise, as with Socrates, who drank hemlock rather than yield to the state. "You will do me the justice to remember, that I have always strenuously supported the Right of every Man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it." --Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

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