Just Sentences: A Precis of Meditation and Petty Insolence

By Michael J. Weber

A loosely joined series of terse reflections, deliberated to goad a game reader into fresh thought as it were.A modest sampling:* One ought to think to extremes and believe inversely. The true intellectual advances his inquiries by curbing his convictions. * No philosophy of any worth fails to reserve a large and honorable place for the unexpected. * It's a species of superstition to suppose that all bigots think alike. * "Incorruptible" is often just our euphemism for someone impervious to rational persuasion. * Many who can't be "bought" may yet be had for a platitude or a slogan. * Few consciences cannot be reconciled to the complete triumph of their sect or party. * In politics, our agreements and our disagreements alike often come down to something like a mutual moronism. * Many an ideologue would more readily admit his errors if he had no opponents. * There are two ways of being a philistine. One is not to care for intellectual or artistic endeavors. The other is to make them mere accessories to a wrangle or a grudge. * Too many confuse thinking with mere planning or scheming.* Some wear their hearts upon their sleeves; others, their suppurating cankers. * For many, the distinction between conformity and rebellion depends simply on *whose* lead one follows. * Snobbery is the ultimate refinement of boorishness. * Some think they are being sharp merely because they are blunt. * To most of us, true self-knowledge would likely constitute an identity crisis. * Among its other offices, writing bulwarks against chaos and rage. * One of life's more exquisite pleasures is to succeed in pinning some buzzing folly on the fine tip of a sudden formulation. * There are many authors but few writers. ***The next time somebody asks you where these or more than 750 other odd utterances came from, you needn't look away and feel dumb or like a total faker. Instead, direct them to this slim, attractively priced tome. Then you can look away.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1463683006
• ISBN13: 9781463683009
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.4" x 5.3"