226 books
—
286 voters
Chris
https://www.goodreads.com/mcgimpus
to-read
(847)
currently-reading (4)
read (748)
science-fiction (81)
fantasy (79)
philosophy (79)
classics (30)
investing (30)
finance (18)
currently-reading (4)
read (748)
science-fiction (81)
fantasy (79)
philosophy (79)
classics (30)
investing (30)
finance (18)
dungeons-and-dragons
(17)
cyberpunk (11)
meggan (8)
trading (8)
options (6)
star-trek (5)
the-great-courses (5)
critical-thinking (4)
intellectual-history (4)
cyberpunk (11)
meggan (8)
trading (8)
options (6)
star-trek (5)
the-great-courses (5)
critical-thinking (4)
intellectual-history (4)
“To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.”
― Apology
― Apology
“I am likely to be wiser than he to this small, extent, that I do not think I know what I do not know”
―
―
“There is one way, then, in which a man can be free from all anxiety about the fate of his soul - if in life he has abandoned bodily pleasures and adornments, as foreign to his purpose and likely to do more harm than good, and has devoted himself to the pleasures of acquiring knowledge, and so by decking his soul not with a borrowed beauty but with its own - with self-control, and goodness, and courage, and liberality, and truth - has fitted himself to await his journey in the next world.”
―
―
“Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.”
―
―
“No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.”
― Apology
― Apology
The Life of a Book Addict
— 12128 members
— last activity Feb 24, 2026 06:58AM
We now read at "On the Same Page." ...more
Chris’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Chris’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Chris
Lists liked by Chris
























































