Running for Your Life: If the Greats Were With Us Thursday

As part of a piece of fiction that I’ve been working on, I’ve been drawn to the phrase: “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”

How true. And how far so many of us have gone from trying to own up to the truth of that saying.

Which is why I’ve chosen to honor the writer who is credited with making this essential observation. Thomas Reid, in “Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man” (1786):

In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest.”

If only the wisdom of philosopher Thomas Reid were within us – not just on Thursdays. But on every day.

Next: Running for Your Life: Outside or Inside?


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