“The individual's duty is to do what he wants to do, to think whatever he likes, to be accountable to no one but himself, to challenge every idea and every person.”
― The Age of Reason
― The Age of Reason
“And what's strange, what would be marvelous, is not that God should really exist; the marvel is that such an idea, the idea of the necessity of God, could enter the head of such a savage, vicious beast as man.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
Classics and the Western Canon
— 4943 members
— last activity 10 hours, 44 min ago
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
philosophy, psychology and other long words beginning with p.
— 144 members
— last activity Nov 12, 2014 07:03AM
This is club is ideal for anyone who is interested in Philosophy or Psychology, and is also up for a good time! Experts and amateurs welcomed with equ ...more
Laid-back Philosophy club
— 211 members
— last activity Apr 23, 2016 09:10AM
A Laid back, casual place to talk Philosophy, logic and to a lesser degree ethics, morality and theology.
Write, Wrote, Written
— 1533 members
— last activity Jan 29, 2025 01:30PM
This group is no longer active! Go to Write, Wrote, Written II if you want to be active. “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a ty ...more
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