Bach, possessing what was arguably music's most profound mind, might have envied his colleague's easy gallantry and mercurial sense of drama.
In effect, de Botton invites us to take comfort in the thought that a person of profound mind and astounding intellectual accomplishment wasn't really happy -- in spite of the fact that all available evidence suggests he was really happy and it was precisely his intellectual activity that contributed to his happiness.
We are to remember that "with a mighty hand God brought you out of Egypt". The Exodus was a profound, mind-blowing occasion of God's bursting into history and nature to free the Jewish people.
The potential benefits of having fermented beverage (or foods) can be explained by ethanol's combined analgesic, disinfectant and profound mind-altering effects[ 26].
Some good books to start with include A Profound Mind: Cultivating Wisdom in Everyday Life by the Dalai Lama, The Nature of Personal Reality by Jane Roberts, "A New Earth" by Eckhart tolle and One-Minute Mindfulness by Donald Altman.
America's founders were educated men, many with profound legal minds and years of experience in governing.
This is a daydream of Spain passing through a singularly profound musical mind.
"GIFs can be funny, sad, profound, psychedelic, whimsical, mind-blowing, mind-numbing, narrative, and completely bonkers," Misheff told me.
I believe we can meet one person who offers us a new way to think about something, be a game changer, heart opener, thought provoker – much like being introduced to a meaningful new book, a profound podcast, a mind-expanding idea, you name it.
A sense of disappointment drives this nimble, illuminating study: disappointment that such profound and influential minds as Heidegger, Benjamin and Foucault could have been so politically detached when confronted by the tumult of the 20th century.
