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Stian said:
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I decided to read this book after a long walk that I took while listening to a Philosophy Bites episode titled "Who's your favourite philosopher?" In it, Nigel Warburton simply asks a host of prominent philosophers the question, and the answers, pred
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"'Tis not solely in poetry and music, we must follow our taste and sentiment, but likewise in philosophy. When I am convinc'd of any principle, 'tis only an idea, which strikes more strongly upon me. When I give the preference to one set of arguments above another, I do nothing but decide from my feeling concerning the superiority of their influence." — Jul 04, 2026 06:56AM
"'Tis not solely in poetry and music, we must follow our taste and sentiment, but likewise in philosophy. When I am convinc'd of any principle, 'tis only an idea, which strikes more strongly upon me. When I give the preference to one set of arguments above another, I do nothing but decide from my feeling concerning the superiority of their influence." — Jul 04, 2026 06:56AM
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"Statt zu antworten, rief Gandalf dem Pferd laut zu: "Voran, Schattenfell! Wir müssen eilen. Die Zeit ist knapp. Siehe! Die Leuchtfeuer von Gondor sind angezündet und rufen Hilfe herbei! Der Krieg ist entbrannt. Schau, da ist das Feuer auf Amon Dîn und die Flamme auf Eilenach; und dort ziehen sie sich eilends nach Westen: Nardol, Erelas, Min-Rimmon, Calenhad und Halifirien an den Grenzen von Rohan."" — Jul 12, 2026 04:02AM
"Statt zu antworten, rief Gandalf dem Pferd laut zu: "Voran, Schattenfell! Wir müssen eilen. Die Zeit ist knapp. Siehe! Die Leuchtfeuer von Gondor sind angezündet und rufen Hilfe herbei! Der Krieg ist entbrannt. Schau, da ist das Feuer auf Amon Dîn und die Flamme auf Eilenach; und dort ziehen sie sich eilends nach Westen: Nardol, Erelas, Min-Rimmon, Calenhad und Halifirien an den Grenzen von Rohan."" — Jul 12, 2026 04:02AM
“Og engang skal hver eneste mann på jord erkjenne, at det var i ungdommen han kunne gjort alt, men ikke gjorde det. Engang skal han erkjenne den bitreste av alle sannheter: at livet ikke kan leves om igjen; at ungdom er noe som bare unge mennesker har, og som bare gamle mennesker forstår å bruke.”
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“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.”
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“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.”
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“Laboring through a world every day more stultified, which expected salvation in codes and governments, ever more willing to settle for suburban narratives and diminished payoffs--what were the chances of finding anyone else seeking to transcend that, and not even particularly aware of it?”
― Against the Day
― Against the Day
“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.”
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
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