“Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.”
― On Self-Respect
― On Self-Respect
“we make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
“People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure
“Sometimes, we are afraid of something because we're afraid of something else. ”
― Night Train to Lisbon
― Night Train to Lisbon
“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
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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