[sunday blogfocus] the power of positive thinking

Who is this blogger?

The self-imposed task this week was to track down the ‘positive’ things bloggers had posted, as in ‘things which raised the spirits’, ‘things we could learn from’ and so on. Right from the start, under the latter heading, came Cleanthes admonition as to what constituted ‘readability’: However, it is not mere Blogfocus plugs that will bring your name into the conversation around the mantelpiece here at the Select Society. Begging might even count against you … No: you must produce analysis of consequence, coupled with lightness of prose, wit and erudition, if your goal is to be the talk of the great thinkers here at the Society. Surely advice one ignores at one’s peril … more here.