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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.”
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“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.”
― Orlando
― Orlando
“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
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
Existentialist Fiction
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Existentialist fiction is rarely referred to as reality. And sometimes reality is misgiven. And then we seek for meaning, if not for purpose in words ...more
Books I Loathed
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This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more
Smitty’s 2025 Year in Books
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