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Colonial American Travel Narratives (Penguin Books for History: U.S.)

by Wendy Martin

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Jan 04, 2026 04:36AM

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The Jewish War

by Flavius Josephus

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Jan 03, 2026 07:49AM

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

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Aug 29, 2025 02:14PM

“He who is infatuated with Man leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook.”
― Max Stirner

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“Man has not really vanquished shamanism and its spooks till he possesses the strength to lay aside not only the belief in ghost or in spirits, but also the belief in the spirit”
― Max Stirner

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“It is possible I can make very little of myself; but this little is everything, and better than what I allow to be made out of me by the might of others, by the training of custom, religion, the laws, the State.”
― Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own

tags: freedom, government, max-stirner, religion, self-actualization, state

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