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Dangerous books. – Somebody remarked: ‘I can tell by my own reaction to it that this book is harmful.’ But let him only wait and perhaps one day he will admit to himself that this same book has done him a great service by bringing out the
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Don’t call a book harmful and write it off. It is possible for the same book to help you understand yourself better
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
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“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
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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
Ranas’s 2025 Year in Books
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