i admire Leibniz for the Monad.


and although this is only a theoretical substance - and hence as ephemeral, shimmering, beautiful, and perhaps even more difficult to pick up than say, a chunk of STYLE - the theory of the monad posits a universal substance, and so belongs here with the base, inert, and ugly things that are easy to pick up, like a chunk of coal or steel... in the SUBSTANCE thread.

Becher (Metallurgia, 1660)
Leibniz (Monadologie, 1714)


glice - 1
m1rr0rdash - 0


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Is "substance of character" a poor answer? Does it need to be an element of their character? If so, I respect the conviction to their ideas, ideas that I too share.

Anyways phlogiston exists. PROVE ME WRONG LOL

Patti Smith:





William Morris:





Charlotte Bronte

Three pages and not one crap joke about drugs? What are you? Atheists?

james joyce

Cal Ripken Jr.


Ralph Waldo Emerson



Thurston Whore



Peter Gammons

if we admire these people for their substance then shouldn't we be posting a quote or something rather than a picture?

A lot if it is internal though....a quote would be selling them short for the most part.

nope, I wanted to see what the people looked like, so i could remember.

good point.

and yes.

I thought someone mentioned Hoffman...

was there a pun intended? i guess i missed it. i was a stressful week.

Joni Mitchell, a woman of heart and mind.


Todd Rundgren, for the ballads.


Gus Van Sant, for the beautiful imagery.


and Elliott

Kerouac

Jeff Tweedy

Rufus

that picture is HILARIOUS

Ann Dunham Soetoro