A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.
quote by Immanuel Kant
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After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution.
quote by Kenzaburo Oe
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If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he must suggest the something. The unpardonable sin is to propose nothing, when action is imperative.
quote by Charles Edward Merriam
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Seasons
you know the seasons
how the horizon changes its background
light, fading, darkness coming, dusk and twilight
and morning and noon and night
we have embraced all these
how many times together?
the rain and the drought
the swollen river and the emaciated
trees and the falling of the leaves and the budding
and blooming and the seeding
over and over again
we are carried with the seasons
and we too carry all these changes in our hearts
not for just any reason
but that we must learn to love and be patient and be alive
do not tell me about death
for surely it will come by itself and we can do nothing about it
tell me about what you do
to make another one happy
no! do not tell me about how you make yourself happy
that is not our essence
we are meant for something else
we have a purpose
we did not come here by random
by sheer luck or the popping out of circumstances and chances
tell me for once
no! do not tell me why you are sad and lonely
i have all the reasons and i have known them all by heart and soul
tell me for once
why you failed to live up to the true nature of yourself
the ought
the categorical imperative
the seeking heart the loving and the tenderness of the caress
tell me why you have given up life and refuse to listen
to the palpitations of the heart
tell me no more about
the selfish longings of your mouth and tongue
the journey of your fingers
the watery nature of your hairs
tell me about a flame a flicker a ray of light
tell me about hope and desire to more
to be beyond the grasp of your hands
to be beyond the steps of your feet
tell me about the secret tunnel of your mind
and the light at the end
an exit a door opening a window with the wind
and then i shall also tell you about myself.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.
quote by Gene Kelly
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Whatever The 'Justice' is
Whatever the 'justice' is.
It is 'just us',
That seems not to be.
Represented,
By whomever it is interpretated.
Although an expectation to respect it,
Is another delusion of a standard.
By those who often neglect a valued purpose.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Also, it was a cultural moment that wasn't being represented in terms of women who were successful and had choices they didn't have before. They needed a show that they can watch that they felt like represented them.
quote by Kristin Davis
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A Little Note For You....
you should have known that this poem is written
because the loading of the surfed murder cases sometimes takes that long enough
as though i am waiting for a date that has no hope
to come
as though i am waiting for the final fading of
a beautiful sunset
makes me impatient at time but this is the matrix
of my being
i am here and will always do what is
tasked
what is written
that categorical imperative still works
in my system
despite all my failures and
series of disappointments
and so here i am
composing these line, there are no images,
no seagulls,
nothing about the stars and moon,
you hear nothing about the flow of rivers
or the surging sounds of the swarming bees
whose cells are recently smoked and
finally burned
these seems to nothing that must mean
nothing as significant as a plane crash with 105 passengers all dead
to include a baby
without much meaning really and
nothing serious as sudden deaths as cars slamming a rock
and then fall from a high cliff
and then
explode like the hell that bad and violent movies
always feature
and if you only know,
these are what they always love to watch
and tell on one of their office breaks
when the pressure rises up.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Reaction To Action
(spoken: check 1, 1, 1)
Alright
Its hard getting through to me
Im truly elusive
I got my own point of view
I am the one of a kind
And I tell you lil girl
Im fascinated by you
Theres something about you
That makes all the difference
Like the night is to day
Well I can get along without you
But I know that within you
Youve got what Im missing
And Ill find a way
To get reaction to action
Hey, say the word that would thrill me
Yeah, I need reaction to action
Just one look that would kill me
You got a way of drawing attention to you
You know you stand out in a crowd
But the way that you play
With any mans affections
Should never be allowed
See I consider myself
The one who will show you
Id go as far as to say
Girl, I aint leaving here without you
But you better understand
Theres only one rule in this game were gonna play
And thats reaction to action
Maybe like a word that would thrill me
I need reaction to action
One look that would kill me
Give me reaction to action
Its getting late Id better make a definite move
Reaction to action
And after that baby, its up to you
I need reaction to action
Just a word that would thrill me
I need reaction to action
You know what Im talking about
Give me some reaction to action
You got a look, you got a way thatll kill me
Reaction to action, reaction to action, action
Baby, dont think about it, just react
Reaction to action
Reaction to action
Reaction to action
Reaction to action
Reaction to action
Reaction to action
song performed by by Foreigner
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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
quote by Norman Vincent Peale
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Only nine States have been represented since my arrival 'till within three days. There are now Eleven States barely represented. This tardiness in the States or their Delegates, besides retarding the most important Business makes it exceeding fatiguing to those that do attend.
quote by William Whipple
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Ringmasters Word
I have a purpose...
Take your dill knife, stab me, go, strike my heart...(ha ha, ha ha...ha ha, ha ha )
I have a purpose...
Such things cant exist...
I have a purpose...
You will tell them of me and how one day I shall come for them...
I have a purpose...
Quietly, I will come over your bed,
I will lean over and gently bite your neck...
Ringmaster...
I have a purpose...
You will tell them of me and how one day I shall come for them
song performed by by Insane Clown Posse
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The Big Red Bus
All nationalities, races and religions
Represented on this world on wheels
As sights of Paris pass by, our senses
Now immune to their immensity
One monument to history merges into another
Each story of glories and achievements
Relating to past battles against foes
Now considered friends
Each represented on the Big Red Bus
poem by Kevin Crinks
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It is characteristic of the epistemological tradition to present us with partial scenarios and then to demand whole or categorical answers as it were.
quote by Avrum Stroll
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Delay is denial
Every verse
That I penned to you
Is the reverberation
Of my air-sacs,
Is the vibration
Of my pulses,
Is the throbs
Of my heart,
Is the beats
Of my arteries
And is the vibes
Of my nerves,
That you can’t ignore.
Whether or not
Responsive to my impulse,
Whether or not
You echo my aspiration,
Whether or not
You perceive my perspiration,
You cannot deny
That it is I
Who made you know
Your beauty,
Who made you grow
Younger and younger,
Who made you glow
Brighter and brighter,
And who uncovered
Your buried passion.
How could it be
That you’re ungrateful,
That you’re heartless,
Pity-less and unrelenting,
Notwithstanding
The affected heart,
The disturbed mind,
And the fragile frame?
How can you be
What you are?
My unbent ego
Is bent before you
And bent on you.
My unsoiled image
Is at stake
For your sake.
Going on kicking
Is also foolery.
bearing its kicking
Ever long is equally foolery.
My empathy for you
Is total and categorical.
Your sympathy for me
Is vital and crucial.
Your apathy towards me
Is brutal and fatal.
Show me
That you have relented.
Show me
That you have thawed.
You are sharp to grasp.
Why do you want from me
A kind of parrot teaching?
Is it due to shy or fright?
Delayed action
Or denied action
Resulting at
Same reaction.
11.10.99
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Your Purpose of Living
The master of purpose does not
respect certificate or degree;
He only respect people
with purpose in life.
Purpose is the gate fee
to success land.
Purpose is your direction.
Purpose is an objective in life,
dream, and what you are here for.
You cannot move on in life
until you have discovered
your objectives in life,
which is your purpose of living.
poem by Franca Kenneth
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Chaos, Order, Chaos, Beauty And Ugliness...
beauty must a purpose
have, for instance beauty that
gives peace and
harmony to the world,
presumably this world is a world of chaos,
and chaos is wanton
and understood to be messy and
undesirable, makes the mind
to lack the necessary focus
but what is focus for? what is thinking for?
again, you return to purpose
focus must have a purpose
and thinking must have another purpose
but what is the purpose of purpose?
seems that purpose is beauty
and that purpose without beauty is not desirable,
and so on and so forth,
people get so confused, they want order as though order itself is
beauty
as though it is one purpose that we need,
the universe must have an order
a system, every planet orbiting around the sun must have
a purpose
as though they are human beings like us
as though they are us
look at this poem, read it so well,
it has no purpose but to make you think
make you doubt
that perhaps beauty to be beauty must be wanton
and chaotic, which by itself is a reality
and reality is always
beautiful,
it has always a purpose and this is what you think it to be
right now, but is this really so?
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Lonely Action
Action, Action, Lonely Action,
Sociable action, Social Action
And more Action.
That is the solution
To the terrible mess
And of loneliness.
Sociable Action
To solve the mess
Of loneliness
Taken once a year
Is not going to cut it
Once a month may work
Once a week will work
Once a day
Is the way
To do it!
poem by Lonely People Champion
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The mind must see visual achievement of the purpose before action is initiated.
quote by Mack R. Douglas
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Verb: That's What's Happening
I get my thing in action
To be, to see, to feel, to live
And i put my heart in action
To run, to go, to get, to give
'cause that's where i find satisfaction
To search, to find, to have, to hold
When i use my imagination
I think, i plot, i plan, i dream
Turning in towards creation
Well i make, i write, i dance, i sing
'cause i get my thing in action
Yeah i get my thing in action
Go!
When i'm feeling really active
Well i run, i ride, i swim, i fly!
Other times when life is easy
Oh i rest, i sleep, i sit, i lie
I can take a noun and bend it
Make it a verb and really send it!
'cause i get my thing in action
And i don't know my own power
I can question; like what is it?
I can order; like go get it!
When i need i really need it
When i see i got to have it
'cause i put my thing in action
Yeah i put my thing in action
Yeah i get my thing in action
And i don't even know my power
No!
song performed by by Moby
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If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.
quote by Soren Kierkegaard
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