Leaning Tree in Capitol Hill

I liked the appearance of this oddly curved tree with an old RV in the background. August 13, 2015. The tree was cut down some time ago although as of March 2022 it is still possible to see the tree on Bing street view. The location is 15th Avenue and E. Olive Street.

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Thomas Jefferson (plato.standford.edu) Scholars in general have not taken seriously Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) as a philosopher, perhaps because he never wrote a formal philosophical treatise. Yet Jefferson was a prodigious writer, and his writings were suffuse with philosophical content. Well-acquainted with the philosophical literature of his day and of antiquity, he left behind a rich philosophical legacy in his declarations, presidential messages and addresses, public papers, numerous bills, letters to philosophically minded correspondents, and his only book, Notes on the State of Virginia.

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2015-08-13