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Re^3: Perl Developer Survey 2017 results are available (doctored) (updated)

by soonix (Canon)
on Apr 28, 2017 at 20:10 UTC ( [id://1189126]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Perl Developer Survey 2017 results are available (doctored) (updated)
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It is not what things are objectively and in themselves, but what they are for us, in our way of looking at them, that makes us happy or the reverse. As Epictetus says, Men are not influenced by things, but by their thoughts about things.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860): The Wisdom of Life
I think that is visible especially in nowaday's politics…
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Re^4: Perl Developer Survey 2017 results are available (doctored) (updated)
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Apr 28, 2017 at 20:12 UTC

    Schopenhauer. :P Now there is a buzzkill. That desire for things to mean what one wants instead of what they mean in reality is exactly the attitude I was ridiculing. And I like my Star Trek references.

      That desire for things to mean what one wants instead of what they mean in reality is exactly the attitude I was ridiculing.
      That was obvious. OTOH, Schopenhauer probably meant more the appraisal (I hope that's the correct word) of one's perceptions, whereas your target (and mine when quoting him) was more the "perception" part.

        Sure. On a related note, an artist I’m fond of—Patrick Woodroffe—once remarked he never worked from photos or models because he found it much more interesting to draw and paint what he remembered than what actually was.

      > And I like my Star Trek references.

      Karl Marx in Star Trek?

      Damn, I missed that episode ...

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
      Je suis Charlie!

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