Anaximander and the Birth of Science by Carlo Rovelli, The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan, Siblings by Brigitte Reimann

Prudence, How Do I Love Thee? Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Good morning,

I hope you're well. Here's my selection for today:

Thought of the day: The source from which existing things derive their existence is also that to which they return at their destruction.

Anaximander

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Word of the day: prudence /ˈpruːdns/

noun: prudence; plural noun: prudences

the quality of being prudent; cautiousness.

"we need to exercise prudence in such important matters"

Synonyms: wisdom, judgement, good judgement, judiciousness, sagacity, shrewdness, advisability, common sense, sense, caution, cautiousness, care, carefulness, canniness, chariness, wariness, circumspection, far-sightedness, foresight, forethought, discretion, thrift, thriftiness, providence, good management, careful budgeting, economy, frugality, abstemiousness, forehandedness, sparingness

Contrary: folly, recklessness

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Poem of the day: How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Siblings of Brigitte Reimann