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Colm Gillis

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Colm Gillis is an Irish-born author resident in Norwich, England. His writings focus on matters of political, historical and philosophical importance. He has written two books; "Mysteries of State in the Renaissance" and his new work, "The Exceptionally Decisive Carl Schmitt." His Amazon UK page is here - my link text ...more

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	The Terrible Beauty of Dictatorship 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Exceptionally Decisive Carl Schmitt: Naming the Sovereign Hand 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Political Animals and The Godfather 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mysteries of State in the Renaissance: Neoplatonism, Reformation and Political Cosmology it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Embroidery of the Eternal 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Controversy and Crisis: The Question Concerning the Unquestioned in Ibn Khaldun, Machiavelli and Carl Schmitt 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragile Promises, Concrete Reflections 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Reason, Beyond Doubt: Sovereign Belief in Hobbes's Leviathan 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Public Prejudice, Political Policing: The Brief History of Warring Wardrobes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eternal Struggle of Arché v Kratos 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If words decorate the home of Being, then hands, and by extension art, are the sketch of Being.”
― Colm Gillis, The Exceptionally Decisive Carl Schmitt: Naming the Sovereign Hand

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“Politics is the art of counting up to one.”
― Colm Gillis, The Exceptionally Decisive Carl Schmitt: Naming the Sovereign Hand

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Colm’s Quotes

“Speaking a lot about something does not in the least guarantee that understanding is thus furthered. On the contrary, talking at great length about something covers things over and brings what is understood into an illusory clarity, that is, the unintelligibility of the trivial. But to keep silent does not mean to be mute ... one who is mute still has the tendency to "speak." ... Authentic silence is possible only in genuine discourse. In order to be silent, Dasein must have something to say.”
― Martin Heidegger

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“Has Dasein as itself ever freely decided, and will it ever be able to decide, whether it wants to come into "Dasein" or not?”
― Martin Heidegger, Being and Time

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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“Those who tell the stories rule society.”
― Plato

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“Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.”
― Jonathan Edwards

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A group dedicated to learning how to create a publishing house for our own and other writers' books and market them worldwide. I am starting this gro ...more

A Canon of Non-Fiction — 8 members — last activity Oct 08, 2013 10:57PM
I'd like to put together a provisional canon of great works of non-fiction. Specifically, what are the best written, most engaging and influential boo ...more

The Aspiring Polymath's Society — 615 members — last activity Sep 04, 2021 11:15PM
For readers who love to learn for learning's sake, this group features regular group reads of nonfiction from a variety of fields, or fictional reads ...more

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This group is for all the nook and ebook lovers that Non-fiction such as biographys, self-help, business,leadership, and everything inbetween! If inte ...more

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