This weekend, the 2010 F1 season finally started. :D The first GP just ended and I think it's pretty obvious who's going to rule this season: The three best German drivers (who also were in the top ten, today) on the national side, and Ferrari on the constructor's side. At heart, I always stick by Ferrari. I love their racing car and their merit in the Formula 1 history. But on the other hand, I am also happy when a German driver (especially those from Mercedes) win.
Anyway, this season is definitely going to be gripping. :)
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For the beginning of spring break (Friday), temperatures up to 15°C are forecasted for this region! :D That means the last snow survivals of this really strong and harsh winter are going to melt away for sure. :) The ditches here are still frozen and filled with snow, so it does not yet look like spring here, the more so since the nature hasn't greened yet either. But I'm definitely looking forward to warm spring holidays on which I can start gardening, cycling and just be outside more often. :)
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This week is going to be just as nice as the previous ones. :) Tomorrow's P.E. class in the afternoon is going to be a big relief, as always. And it's also the last lesson in which we play basketball; after spring break we're going to play soccer, which I am good at. :)
On Tuesday, me and a friend want to cycle to school, if the weather plays along. The same goes for Wednesday and Thursday, when school starts later than normally.
On Friday, the first day off from school, I may cycle to the city again, get that delicious pita and other yummy things at the market and get some books.
As far as books are concerned, I really something to read for spring break because I'm done with all the books I bought in the past.
I'm not a fan of horror books with zombies, superstition and stuff, but Stephen King's "The Stand" seems to be different from typical horror books and worth reading.
I'm also thinking about reading some political books from old philosophers like Plato (Politeia) and Aristotle... It would be soo cool to read them in their original language: ancient Greek. Perhaps I'll learn it, one day. After I've learned Swedish and Italian, that is. :P
Anyway, I'm off for some running now. :)
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9 comments:
Lunario,
you are right. Stephen King's "The stand" is a great book, further books like "The buick", "IT" or all other books with short stories are all works of a brilliant writer. He is one of my important authors I know.
U-Man
P.S. Thanks for the cat pictures. The chubby cat does not look so much "chubbier" than the other cat...
How about something in Spanish (since you used a Spanish title)? Do you know the Rote Reihe by Reclam? They have some well edited books for a student friendly price.
@U-Man:
Yeah, one of my classmates also said that "IT" would be another great SK book. Perhaps I'll give it a try, too. :)
@Mr. Urs:
We have exactly those red Spanish Reclam books in the school library and I already read some of them (the "cuentos hispanoamericanos" were a nice and easy read). :)
Plato and Aristotle have a lot of worthwhile things to say. In Politeia, Plato is kind of provocative (even more so in Nomoi). Aristotle has the advantage of knowing Plato's writings and being able to come back down to earth. He's my prime example of how it is possible for people to discover the Naturgesetz.
Olasss Lunario, cari... Abigarrado? jaaj Eso no creo que tenga traducción en inglés, no? jaja
bezos.
@naturgesetz:
Which "naturgesetz" do you mean?
I already wondered about the choice of your name a few times before. Did you perhaps explain that somewhere in an earlier posts on your blog so that I can find out? :)
@Thiago:
En verdad, ¡tiene traducción en inglés! ... Pero la palabra española me gusta mucho más. :P
Precisamente, prefiero usar palabras de idiomas romances de vez en cuando... especialmente en inglés y alemán, por supuesto. Son una variedad armoniosa. :)
I don' think I ever gave an explanation of my screen name. What I mean by it is the rules of right conduct which arise from human nature and are discoverable by human reason. It is basically the same thing as ethics. In Plato and Aristotle we have excellent examples of philosophers who thought carefully about right and wrong and were able to develop solid principles. The Stoics, building on their work, also did very well, IMO.
It seems to me to be what St. Paul is talking about it Romans 2:14-15. "When Gentiles, though not having the law, nonetheless do by nature what the law requires, they constitute a law to themselves. They show the work of the law written on their hearts…."
There is, of course, another sense in which the word could be used, namely, they laws by which physical nature works — those which the physical sciences attempt to discover by hypothesis and experimentation. But that's not the sense in which I use it. My use is close to Naturrecht. But since I see it as involving rules of conduct, I think it is correct to call it Naturgesetz.
I should add, however, that the name may be a mistake. THe college professor from whom I learned of the natural law was Heinrich Rommen.
"Heinrich A. Rommen (1897-1967) was a noted professor of Government at Georgetown University from 1953 to 1967. Born in Cologne, Germany, Rommen received doctorates from the universities of Bonn and Muenster and headed the Brand Hitze School near Muenchen-Gladback. This school was closed in 1933 and Rommen arrested by the Gestapo for writing anti-Nazi literature and participating in the "Koningswinter Circle," a Catholic social action group that organized the famous Catholic Social Week of 1932. Released from prison after six weeks, he remained in Germany, working as a writer and legal consultant until 1938, when he came to the United States with the aid of the Episcopal Committee for Catholic Refugees." — from the website of Georgetown University
(I think the place name should be Mönchen-Gladbach.)
But anyway, after his release from prison, before he got out of Germany he wrote a book titled "Die ewige Widerkehr des Naturrechts" as a protest against the abuse of the concept by the Nazis and others. In 1946 it was translated into English in an expanded version, and simply titled "The Natural Law." When I learned a bit of German more than 15 years after taking Dr. Rommen's courses, I forgot that he had used the word Naturrecht and I came to use Naturgesetz as the equivalent for "natural law."
Alright, thanks for the explanation. I also thought of the other, physical/scientifical sense of the term, which is why I was confused.
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