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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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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
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