tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22715343806489306422024-02-18T17:50:55.336-08:00Essays on Life, Art and ScienceThe complete text of Essays on Life, Art and Sciencefashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comBlogger1082125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-44809951175206316892023-12-09T01:11:00.000-08:002023-12-09T01:11:48.943-08:00Essays on Life, Art and Science, by Samuel Butler ESSAYS ON LIFEART AND SCIENCEbySAMUEL BUTLERauthor of “erewhon,” “erewhon re-visited,”“the way of all flesh,” etc.edited byR. A. STREATFEILDLONDONA. C. FIFIELD1908Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & CoAt the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh.Contents:IntroductionQuis Desiderio?Ramblings in CheapsideThe Aunt, The Nieces, and the DogHow to make the best of lifeThe Sanctuary of fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-52561637721050776962023-01-10T01:35:00.004-08:002023-01-10T01:35:38.914-08:002022 Year in Review With 2022 coming to a close, we take a look at some of the big moments, achievements, and new beginnings from the past 12 months.The year saw the return to full in-person activities on campus, the opening of a new students’ residence, continued progress on a number of key initiatives, and much more.Convocation returnsIn-person ceremonies were held this spring for the first time in two yearsfashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-64042682135981295592023-01-10T01:28:00.008-08:002023-01-10T01:28:56.422-08:00Embracing Identities: Stories and Strategies for Global Learning 2023 Join students and educators across the country celebrating International Education Week. The Queen's University International Centre (QUIC) and Student Academic Success Services (SASS) are proud to host a conference that seeks to empower our campus community to explore the impact of international education.Through interactive presentations, panels, and social media posts, we will celebrate fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-66840289647054390402020-02-05T04:26:00.001-08:002020-02-05T04:26:47.339-08:00Analysing Management As An Art And A Science Philosophy Essay
Discuss this statement in relation to whether management could be described as a profession. Is management characterized as an art ,as a science or both? In order to investigate the nature of Management, it would be useful firstly to define it. According to Drucker ” Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-67303511646926255442018-01-11T22:34:00.000-08:002018-01-15T03:04:35.834-08:00SkyMuster or ADSL: Whither Gunning's connected future?
When will we know? Times ticking away...
Picture Credit: Pixabay-geralt CC0
Good news! Today I received an email from the the Member for Hume's office, which read the following: "There is no ADSL switch off for FW [fixed wireless] or Satellite services". Updated 19th October 2017.
There has been much talk about the future of ADSL in Gunning, but little is known about the future statefashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-70395422162615742102018-01-10T04:31:00.000-08:002018-01-15T03:04:17.513-08:00Forgetting to Remember Old Lessons Hard-Won, or: Read Emerson Now
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Study, circa 1888.
Photo: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Nature and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Finding the time to focus on this book has eluded me until recently. I find Emerson difficult to read at times as most of his essays read like transcripts of speeches (indeed, some of them are). He exudes "positive thinking" in the fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-90829518414990837322017-10-27T03:05:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.504-07:00On Social Media Living Up to its Promises with Raechel JohnsAssociate Professor Raechel Johns (photo supplied)Associate Professor Raechel Johns is a marketing specialist and Head of the School of Management at the University of Canberra. Raechel and I have been colleagues for many years. We even starred in a marketing video about ten years ago. So I asked Raechel about social media and marketing and how I was disappointed that social media had not lived fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-14815040566790834192017-10-16T15:18:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.622-07:00I ought? I owe it to Whom?The Great Day of His Wrath by John Martin, circa 1851. Public Domain via Wikimedia.The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich NietzscheMy rating: 3 of 5 starsThe word ought has its origins in the word owe. Whether or not this relationship survives translation I don't know, but why let semantics get in the way of a good idea. Reading Beyond Good and Evil before attempting this follow-up work would be fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-26734803367527941962017-10-14T17:46:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.655-07:00What we do in life echoes in eternity, or: There is much to learn from the pre-Socratic philosophers Héraclite by Johannes Moreelse, c. 1630 (Public Domain vie Wikimedia).The Fragments of Heraclitus by HeraclitusMy rating: 4 of 5 starsThe introduction to this work is inevitably longer than the fragments themselves. What survives is a mish-mash of various interpretations and I daresay unreliable sources. What strikes me about the pre-Socratics, and Heraclitus specifically, is the melding of fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-45770497657182127972017-10-10T04:08:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.703-07:00Practising Stoic PhilosophyPractising Stoic Philosophy at the Gunning Library. 7th October 2017. Photo by Leslie Bush.After reading on Trove about the various lectures that have been conducted in Gunning from at least the 1880s, I wondered if there was still an appetite for such lofty pursuits in the Gunning of the 2010s? And after a surprising response via the Gunning Community Facebook group, it seems there is!During my fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-75904067109164308242017-10-09T23:43:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.747-07:00Vintage ephemera, or: Even the 1880s had B-grade horror The Nightmare by John Henry Fuseli, 1781The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie CollinsMy rating: 2 of 5 starsWilkie Collins has apparently written better books than this, and given he was a friend of Charles Dickens, he certainly moved in literary circles. The story builds up well, but the finale is a retelling of the murderous plot (that by this stage one could have guessed) that is retold in the form of afashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-57045685652542815452017-10-08T21:41:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.774-07:00On Our Taste in Music and Sociological Explanations with Michael WalshDr Michael Walsh, Sociologist at the University of CanberraDr Michael Walsh is a sociologist at the University of Canberra. I asked Michael how sociology explains our musical preferences, what our preferences say about us, and about the future of music in a market-driven, high-tech world.Michael mentions two sociological greats who have waded in on the discussion of music in society, Max Weber fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-81314388120040270472017-10-01T17:49:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.808-07:00On Narcissism or: How I learned to stop narking and love other narcissistsEcho and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, 1903. Public Domain via Wikimedia.Rethinking Narcissism: The Secret to Recognizing and Coping with Narcissists by Craig MalkinMy rating: 2 of 5 starsI discovered Craig Malkin’s work in Psychology Today. On subscribing to the magazine, I couldn’t help but think political science might have done the same thing. Psychology Today is a model for other fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-44580354084753725742017-09-27T07:51:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.838-07:00Trivial nonsense, or: Work will dominate your mind if you let it...Frankie at Pawtails Rural Retreat (and Frida in the background)When she chewed my Nokia recharge cable, I bought a smartphone. But I survived.Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal NewportMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI had heard so much about this book from Ryan Holiday, Art of Manliness, and also the NPR podcast The Hidden Brain I just had to read it. Newport is Associate fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-3721757422163260942017-09-20T04:59:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.863-07:00On Bipartisanship, Reform Fall Guys, the Asian Century, and Infrastructure with Michelle GrattanProtest against industrial relations reforms in Sydney , 15 November 2005.Photo by Jasabella via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.5At the recent Democracy100 forum at Old Parliament House hosted by the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, Bob Hawke and John Howard spoke about the present lack of appetite for reform. Populism appears to be making it more difficult to pursue a reform agenda. fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-55501152541562626902017-09-19T06:19:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.892-07:00On Philosophy, Art, and Living the Creative Life with Margarita GeorgiadisThe Muses Urania and Calliope by Simon Vouet (c. 1634). Image via Wikimedia.I've been delving into ideas about creativity, discipline and living in accordance with one's nature. Steven Pressfield and Cal Newport make no bones about the discipline required to get the creative juices flowing. Ernest Hemingway famously said that you have to leave some gas in the tank so you can keep writing thefashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comGunning NSW 2581, Australia-34.783333 149.26666699999998-34.8876645 149.1053055 -34.6790015 149.42802849999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-52594756570274918032017-09-18T06:59:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.930-07:00On Technology and the Changing Nature of Warfare with Peter LeahyProfessor Peter Leahy, Director, National Security Institute, University of Canberra. Photo by Michael de Percy.As technology advances in leaps and bounds, how does it change the nature of warfare? How does the 24-hour news cycle impact soldiers? How do social media and personal video capture technologies affect soldiers? What role is there for humans in robotic warfare? What does victory look fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-88610039938726305942017-09-15T06:33:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.959-07:00I think, therefore, I am... Hey, what's that shadow?Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre meet Ernesto Che Guevara in Cuba, 1960.Photo: Public Domain.Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy by William BarrettMy rating: 4 of 5 starsThis book provides an overview of existentialism. Originally written in 1958, Barrett was bringing the tradition of existentialism (those leading to Sartre) to the United States. That the book is set in the fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-42498951969133957562017-09-10T22:13:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:50.982-07:00I've updated my licence: Creative Commons CC BY-ND 4.0Moving up the open tree. Excerpt from The Noun Project / CC BY 4.0.After much consideration, I have decided to move my Creative Commons licencing "up the open tree". I will now use the CC BY-ND 4.0 licence, as follows:Le Flâneur Politique by Dr Michael de Percy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Based on a work at http://fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-74169882599488739102017-09-08T05:16:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:51.007-07:00My comments on NBN on ABC News 24's "The Business"Photo: Rob Pearce/Flickr CC BY 2.0My comments on NBN tonight on The Business @abcnews https://t.co/TqWY3011qk @unicanberra @UCIGPA #nbn— Michael de Percy (@madepercy) September 8, 2017My comments on NBN, Radio National's Business PM yesterday: https://t.co/7tzSKuAZVA @unicanberra @UCIGPA— Michael de Percy (@madepercy) September 9, 2017fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-54541858049468075252017-09-05T05:31:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:51.033-07:00Easily the best podcast I have ever heard...Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Photo by Osama Amin via Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 4.0The more I read, the more it all begins to converge. The same happens with listening to podcasts. I've been getting through the great books, including various religious texts, and listening to podcasts on my commute has been enlightening.I am resigned to hearing the commentary on some books I am yet to read, even fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-23563292826568528732017-09-02T14:57:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:51.057-07:00A Short Adventure on a Fast Literary Journey"He looked like Walter Abel". Photo Wikimedia, Public Domain.Prefiguration of Lalo Cura by Roberto BolañoMy rating: 3 of 5 starsI discovered this short story on the podcast The Joy of Serious Literature. It is not something I would usually read. But that is the point of listening to literary critics. To discover new things. But here, I have heard the commentary before I have read the fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-14335868895868234472017-09-02T04:57:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:51.078-07:00Spring time in GunningSpring time in Gunning; Photo by Michael de Percy.The seasons in the Southern Tablelands region are governed by precision clockwork. The second day of spring and the sunlight explodes over the hill in its last minute glory, jolting me out of the chill. Standing in the same place five days before, the snow made me laugh and laugh for joy.I grew up in tropical Far North Queensland, where the summerfashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-24071062607707428722017-08-30T03:44:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:51.141-07:00Instead of Hemingway's iceberg, think Gabriel's peephole...Steamers on the Magdalena River. Photo: Clímaco Calderón (1852-1913), Wikimedia, Public Domain.Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezMy rating: 4 of 5 starsAfter powering through two books per week while on long service leave, back at work and teaching and applying for research grants and my literary luxury is thrown out with the bathwater. It has taken me six weeks to fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271534380648930642.post-83920139132804165422017-08-25T02:58:00.000-07:002017-10-27T06:34:51.166-07:00Video: The Week in Politics with Michelle Grattan and Michael de PercyAAP/Lukas CochVIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the dual citizenship cases in the High CourtMichelle Grattan, University of Canberra and Michael de Percy, University of CanberraThe University of Canberra’s Michelle Grattan and Michael de Percy discuss the week in politics, including the High Court date for the dual citizenship cases, whether Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash should stand aside from their fashion stylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11370885987142306178noreply@blogger.com