<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:42:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@dgshepard/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Ex nihilo nihil fit (Nothing from nothing)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is a delusion that something can come out of nothing: a powerful, ancient delusion that has ruined countless gamblers and eats at the fabric of all human destiny. Every human being is the incarnation]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dgshepard/ex-nihilo-nihil-fit-nothing-from-nothing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dgshepard/ex-nihilo-nihil-fit-nothing-from-nothing</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dgshepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2017 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosopher's virtues]]></title><description><![CDATA[In no form of experience do reason and feeling operate independently. In order to form an understanding of something, reason and feeling are combined by the imagination. However, the ‘methods’ of reason]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dgshepard/philosopher-s-virtues</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dgshepard/philosopher-s-virtues</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dgshepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2017 10:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truthfulness of Socrates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Socrates is an enigma. Like Jesus of Nazareth he never wrote a thing of his own. In such cases it is always advisable to draw on gloves; we cannot know who we are really dealing with and in examining their]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dgshepard/the-truthfulness-of-socrates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dgshepard/the-truthfulness-of-socrates</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dgshepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2017 19:57:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Able to wait]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Does the caterpillar envy the butterfly and ponder how he might change and improve himself to be more like a butterfly? The greatness of Ajax is plain to see. His valor and fearsome strength in]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@dgshepard/able-to-wait</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@dgshepard/able-to-wait</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dgshepard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 20:06:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>