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“The 'Enlightenment', which discovered the liberties, also invented the disciplines.”
― Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
― Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
“The real political task in a society such as ours is to criticize the workings of institutions that appear to be both neutral and independent, to criticize and attack them in such a manner that the political violence that has always exercised itself obscurely through them will be unmasked, so that one can fight against them.”
― The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature
― The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature
“However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.”
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“I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me.”
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“I don’t feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning. If you knew when you began a book what you would say at the end, do you think that you would have the courage to write it?
What is true for writing and for love relationships is true also for life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we don’t know where it will end.”
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What is true for writing and for love relationships is true also for life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we don’t know where it will end.”
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Mina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
588 books
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702 friends
1,658 books
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132 friends
309 books
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24 friends
27 books
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37 friends
411 books
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239 friends
678 books
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66 friends
614 books
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63 friends
75 books
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79 friends
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