The Woman

She does possess the greater binah. Nothing should stop her from wielding considerable influence. The sages feared a woman who studied. Now look at my post under Imminent.

Petitio Principii et Ipse Dixit

It is quite puzzling for me to see eristic personalities holding positions of authority. The rationale behind this occurrence is summarized in ad captum vulgi loqui. Also though are the obvious instances when the person achieves through vulgar self-assertion, having no formal acquaintance with rhetoric, and sometimes just a few years of undergraduate diversion in business classes, some intermediate position which allows a daily indulgence in the sad practice of lording it over a small group of subordinates. Your duty (!) is to look past the abject fear on their faces, that look of recognition, when you vigorously stress this point: it is not the body giving birth to the ersatz reasoning that is at issue, it is the ersatz reasoning itself. Proceed, then, to insist upon supportive argument, and do not be the first to decamp.

Oscillation

Every bridle flashes and each man gives his horse its rein, as onward the whole troop surges, servants of Athena, mistress of horses.
Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus

This caption aptly placed below some photographs of the sculptural masterpieces from the Parthenon's pediments and metopes sent a shock wave through me. That MOMENT prior to decisive action is exactly the one we wish to inhabit. Suddenly dynamic motion, perhaps all motion, comes forth from calm silence. And one hopes...

Time

As long as Man fails to comprehend what Man IS, time should not concern us. Mortality, however, necessarily concerns us because it is, after all, the underlying foundation of our current efforts.