#samueljohnson

Wisdom in Spacewisdom@c.im
2025-06-28

The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they really are.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775)

#Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Travel

#Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Seashells #Everglades #Florida

photo by richard rathe
WIST Quotationswist@my-place.social
2025-06-27

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Milton” (1781)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/21120…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #church #churchgoing #community #example #congregation #organizedreligion #reinforcement #religion #worship #mutualsupport

WIST Quotationswist@my-place.social
2025-05-30

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Comment (1763-07-14)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2149/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #concern #danger #dishonesty #morality #theft #vice #virtue

Assoc for Scottish Literaturescotlit@mastodon.scot
2025-05-16

@bookstodon

The Many Lives of James Boswell

Terry Seymour’s 2022 talk for the Edinburgh Bibliographic Society, discussing his extraordinary collection of books, papers, & artworks identified with James Boswell – including private papers, portraits, personal books, & more

4/4

youtube.com/watch?v=SSE-cbLmbT

#Scottish #literature #biography #SamuelJohnson #JamesBoswell #18thCentury #BiographersDay

Assoc for Scottish Literaturescotlit@mastodon.scot
2025-05-16

@bookstodon

Was James Boswell just an idiot who had the good fortune to meet Dr Johnson and write his biography? Or is this “Samuel Johnson” actually a brilliant dramatic character created by Boswell?

Read Jorge Luis Borges’ “A Lecture on Johnson & Boswell”

3/4

nybooks.com/online/2013/07/28/

#Scottish #literature #biography #SamuelJohnson #JamesBoswell #18thCentury #BiographersDay

Assoc for Scottish Literaturescotlit@mastodon.scot
2025-05-16

@bookstodon

“The Life of Samuel Johnson was an instant sensation. While the works of Johnson were quickly forgotten, his biography has never been out of print”

—When the Worst Man in the World Writes a Masterpiece: James Boswell & the nature of genius

2/4

fantasticanachronism.com/p/whe

#Scottish #literature #biography #SamuelJohnson #JamesBoswell #18thCentury #BiographersDay

Assoc for Scottish Literaturescotlit@mastodon.scot
2025-05-16

—“Mr. Johnson, (said I) I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it.”
—“That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.”

May 16 is Biographers Day – marking the date in 1763 when James Boswell first met Samuel Johnson

@bookstodon

1/4

lithub.com/of-course-samuel-jo

#Scottish #literature #biography #SamuelJohnson #JamesBoswell #18thCentury #BiographersDay

2025-05-02
WIST Quotationswist@my-place.social
2025-04-18

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
In George Birkbeck Hill (ed.), Johnsonian Miscellanies, Vol. 2, “Apophthegms, Sentiments, Opinions, & Occasional Reflections” (1897)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/19790…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #selffocused #author #reading #writer #writing

2025-04-15

#OnThisDay, April 15, 1755, Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" was published in London (depicted in Blackadder, s03e02 “Ink and Incapability”, 1983)

#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #TodayInHistory #Histodons #SamuelJohnson

Two men in Georgian costumes standing in an elaborately decorated room. They have powdered wigs on. One is wearing a fancy jacket, the other is dressed more plainly in black. That man is saying, “Indeed it is, sir—but a very fine one, for I celebrated last night the encyclopaedic implementation of my pre-meditated orchestration of demotic Anglo-Saxon.”Two white men in Georgian costumes standing in an elaborately decorated room. They have powdered wigs on. One is wearing a fancy jacket, the other is dressed more plainly in black. That man is saying, “Indeed it is, sir—but a very fine one, for I celebrated last night the encyclopaedic implementation of my pre-meditated orchestration of demotic Anglo-Saxon.”The more fancy of the two men is staring at the other. After a pause he says, “Nope—didn't catch any of that.”
Wisdom in Spacewisdom@c.im
2025-03-15

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
-- Samuel Johnson

#Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Praise

#Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

photo by richard rathe
Wisdom in Spacewisdom@c.im
2025-03-13

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
-- Samuel Johnson

#Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Community

#Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

photo by richard rathe
2025-02-20

@BHO

The Yale digital edition of Samuel Johnson, what a wonderful resource!

Here Johnson advises on the Uncertainty of Friendship (The Idler, No. 23. Saturday, 23 September 1758):

"The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly encreased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal. Those who are angry may be reconciled; those who have been injured may receive a recompence; but when the desire of pleasing and willingness to be pleased is silently diminished, the renovation of friendship is hopeless; as, when the vital powers sink into languor, there is no longer any use of the physician."

yalejohnson.com/

#SamuelJohnson #friendship #TheIdler

يونس بن عمارةyoudo.blog@youdo.blog
2025-01-02

إنجازاتي على منصة مجرّة وإكس [تويتر سابقًا] 2024

ما هذه المجموعة من المختارات تسألني؟ إنّها عددٌ من أعداد نشرة “صيد الشابكة” اِعرف أكثر عن النشرة هنا: ما هي نشرة “صيد الشابكة” ما مصادرها، وما غرضها؛ وما معنى الشابكة أصلًا؟! 🎣🌐
هل تعرف ما هي صيد الشابكة وتطالعها بانتظام؟ اِدعم استمرارية النشرة بطرق شتى من هنا: 💲 طرق دعم نشرة صيد الشابكة.

🎣🌐 صيد الشابكة العدد #211

السلام عليكم؛ مرحبًا وبسم الله. بخصوص العنوان فستجده في عنوانٍ فرعيٍّ أدناه.

  1. 🎣🌐 صيد الشابكة العدد #211
  2. 📅 تَذكَّروا يوم الجمعة 3 يناير 2025 إن شاء الله سنعقد في رديف الدرس الثاني عشر من دورة جين فريدمان عن كيفية كسب العيش من الكتابة
  3. 🎈 إنجازاتي على منصة مجرّة وإكس (تويتر سابقًا) 2024
  4. ✨ مُبشِّر
  5. 🥫🧠 طعام الفكر
  6. 🗨️ اقتباس أعجبني
  7. 👥 أعمال آل رديف
  8. 🇯🇴 الزميل عدنان العجارمة -شَكَر الله له- يوصيكم بالاشتراك في رديف
  9. 🗃️ من الأرشيف
  10. 📝 أبحاث علمية جديدة

📅 تَذكَّروا يوم الجمعة 3 يناير 2025 إن شاء الله سنعقد في رديف الدرس الثاني عشر من دورة جين فريدمان عن كيفية كسب العيش من الكتابة

للاطلاع على الدروس الإحدى عشر السابقة وحضور الدرس 12 من الدورة. اشترك في رديف.

اِشترك في المجتمع الذي فيديو واحد من مكتبته بقيمة دورات كاملة!

🎈 إنجازاتي على منصة مجرّة وإكس (تويتر سابقًا) 2024

https://youtu.be/di8Np1TaU9Q?si=j2JpKxoC2B3FzdYQ

✨ مُبشِّر

🥫🧠 طعام الفكر

🗨️ اقتباس أعجبني

لا تصحونَّ من خُمار الكتابة فيدمّرك الواقع.

راي برادبيري (Ray Bradbury)*

بعبارات أخرى: لا تصحو من السُكْر بالكتابة (أي أدمن الكتابة كأنها خمر) هكذا لا يستطيع الواقع تدميرك.

ما نأمل فعله بيُسر وسهولة لا بد أن نتعلم أولًا فعله باجتهاد ومثابرة.

صمويل جُنسن (Samuel Johnson)*

*من مقال ما صناعة المحتوى إلا دُرْبة على الاجتهاد والمثابرة المستمرة [YMH].

👥 أعمال آل رديف

*مشترك/مشتركة في رديف؛ ماذا تنتظر؟ اِشترك أنت أيضًا في رديف.

🇯🇴 الزميل عدنان العجارمة -شَكَر الله له- يوصيكم بالاشتراك في رديف

منشور الزميل عدنان العجارمة -شَكَر الله له- على LinkedIn اِشترك في رديف!

🗃️ من الأرشيف

📝 أبحاث علمية جديدة

جزء من الورقة البحثية: سياسة العلم بين دعم الرعاة ورغبة العلماء (بغداد في القرن التاسع الميلادي). سيد محمد أحمد المصطفى [تمييز: مجلّة تاريخ الأفكار العلميّة والفلسفيّة] ديسمبر 2024.

وتوصلت نتائج الدراسة إلى فعالية البرنامج التدريبي القائم على تنمية المرونة المعرفية في التخفيف من حدة سلوكيات التحدي لدى الأطفال الذاتويين، واستمرارية فعاليته حتى نهاية فترة المتابعة.

آية محمد محمد السعيد عبد اللطيف وزملاؤها. – التغميق مني

تعليقي: الذاتوية هنا هي التوحد. وهو بحث مهم لمن يعرف من هم ضمن هذا التصنيف. لأن النتائج تشير لفعالية البرنامج التدريبي الذي تناولته الدراسة.

❤️ شكرًا لقراءة عددٍ آخر من “صيد الشابكة”؛ لتعلّم الكتابة والترجمة والانتقاء وأساسيات العمل الحرّ بالعربية: اشترك في رديف.

حقوق الصورة البارزة: صممتها ببرنامج Canva.

#211 #RayBradbury #SamuelJohnson #مدونةخديدةوردية #مدونةدينـــاالهواري #مركزالبيانللدراساتوالتخطيط #نشرةعلىالسطر #المجلةالدوليةلبحوثالإعلاموالاتصالات #تمييزمجلةتاريخالأفكارالعلميةوالفلسفية #تمييزمجلةتاريخالأفكارالعلميةوالفلسفية #خديدةوردية

منشور الزميل عدنان العجارمة -شَكَر الله له- على LinkedIn.سياسة العلم بين دعم الرعاة ورغبة العلماء (بغداد في القرن التاسع الميلادي). سيد محمد أحمد المصطفى [تمييز: مجلّة تاريخ الأفكار العلميّة والفلسفيّة] ديسمبر 2024.
Wisdom in Spacewisdom@c.im
2024-12-28

The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they really are.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775)

#Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Travel

#Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Graffiti

photo by richard rathe
Wisdom in Spacewisdom@c.im
2024-11-25

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
-- Samuel Johnson

#Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Praise

#Photography #Panorama #PitcherPlants #Flowers #Florida

photo by richard rathe
Assoc for Scottish Literaturescotlit@mastodon.scot
2024-10-29

When the Worst Man in the World Writes a Masterpiece

“The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. was an instant sensation. While the works of Johnson were quickly forgotten, his biography has never been out of print… It went through 41 editions just in the 19th century.”

5/5

fantasticanachronism.com/2020/

#Scottish #literature #biography #JamesBoswell #18thcentury #SamuelJohnson

Assoc for Scottish Literaturescotlit@mastodon.scot
2024-10-29

“In his excitement at the prospect of the examined life Boswell invented modern biography.”

—Andrew O’Hagan’s celebration of James Boswell, London Review of Books, 5 Oct 2000

4/5

lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v22/n19/an

#Scottish #literature #biography #JamesBoswell #18thcentury #SamuelJohnson

Boswell’s way of talking about himself can seem to us very modern: pre-Freud and pre-tabloid, he talks in a shockingly open way about the nature of his own (and other people’s) desires, affections, tribulations and thoughts of death. He also suggests the quality of his own delight. He is a self-watcher and a self-hugger. And his way of looking at other people – including Johnson – reveals him to be a harbinger of the documentary techniques and psychological modes of enquiry we now take for granted. In his excitement at the prospect of the examined life Boswell invented modern biography. He wrote like hell, and the full fragrance, the authentic buzz, of his own life and period, such as it was, rises with Flemish exactness from every other sentence he chose to write down.
Assoc for Scottish Literaturescotlit@mastodon.scot
2024-10-29

“A fool can utter a brilliant sentence but it seems quite rare for a fool to be able to write an admirable biography of seven or eight hundred pages…”

Jorge Luis Borges asks, Was Boswell just an idiot who had the good fortune to meet Johnson & write his biography? Or is this “Samuel Johnson” actually a brilliant dramatic character created by Boswell?

3/5

nybooks.com/online/2013/07/28/

#Scottish #literature #biography #JamesBoswell #18thcentury #SamuelJohnson #Borges #JorgeLuisBorges

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