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Jake Taylor
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“You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you had no idea how to achieve them and in your misery you began to hate everything around you.”
― Netochka Nezvanova
― Netochka Nezvanova
“The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognising a truth which has already been recognised by others.”
― Maxims and Reflections
― Maxims and Reflections
“At every single moment of one’s life one is what one is going to be no less than what one has been. Art is a symbol, because man is a symbol.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group
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Political Philosophy and Ethics
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Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more
Jake’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jake’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
95 books
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8 friends
855 books
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37 friends
2,520 books
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180 friends
142 books
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3 friends
393 books
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31 friends
56 books
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10 friends
988 books
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39 friends
61 books
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206 friends
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