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Theogony and Works and Days

by Hesiod

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The Spirit of Science Fiction

by Roberto Bolaño

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“I pray for peace—for motionlessness—for the feeling of myself, as of some plant, absorbing life without seeking it, and existing without individual sensation”
― Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

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“To be radical is to grasp things by the root.”
― Karl Marx, Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

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“Love is giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it.”
― Jacques Lacan

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“Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

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“He was a graduate of West Point, which is military academy that turns young men into homicidal maniacs for use in war.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions

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This is a group for people who want to read the classics and discuss them as a group. Each month we will choose as a group a book to read. Everyone is ...more

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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

Classical (Laissez-Faire) Liberalism — 829 members — last activity Sep 06, 2026 03:22PM
Including within it neo-liberalism, libertarianism, objectivism, anarcho-capitalism, minarchism, and American conservatism, this classical or "market" ...more

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