by Mark Crosweller | Jun 5, 2018 | The Allegorical Life blog
Birthdays Yesterday I turned 54. Not a particularly big milestone for most of us. In fact, I travelled to Melbourne yesterday afternoon to attend a conference that I have the great privilege of speaking at every year. And in a job like mine, Sunday afternoon trips to...
by Mark Crosweller | Mar 17, 2018 | The Allegorical Life blog
Pathways to wisdom The famous Chinese philosopher Confucius once said that “wisdom was learnt one of three ways, through: reflection – the noblest; imitation – the easiest; or experience – the bitterest.” Sometimes, despite how much we may meditate on or muse over the...
by Mark Crosweller | Mar 1, 2018 | The Allegorical Life blog
Why I’m arguing with Aristotle There is an ancient Greek belief, based largely upon the philosophers such as Aristotle, that the only people who deserve compassion are those who do not deserve their suffering. Or to say it another way, some people deserve their...
by Mark Crosweller | Jan 12, 2018 | The Allegorical Life blog
Remembering Bourke Street Many people would remember the tragic event in the Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne on 20th January 2017. The male driver of a motor vehicle intentionally drove down through the Mall, aiming his car at as many people as possible, killing a...
by Mark Crosweller | Dec 22, 2017 | The Allegorical Life blog
Not ‘if’ – only ‘when’ and ‘where’ The idea of the inevitability of natural hazard events was well and truly reinforced in my mind when visiting Marysville and Kinglake, some days after the tragic fires in Victoria of 7...
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