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“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
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“Imprisoning philosophy within the professionalizations and specializations of an institutionalized curriculum, after the manner of our contemporary European and North American culture, is arguably a good deal more effective in neutralizing its effects than either religious censorship or political terror”
― Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue, 1913-1922
― Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue, 1913-1922
“For Kant one can be both good and stupid; but for Aristotle stupidity of a certain kind precludes goodness.”
― After Virtue
― After Virtue
“The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“Vanity is so firmly anchored in man's heart that a soldier, a camp follower, a cook or a porter will boast and expect admirers, and even philosophers want them; those who write against them want to enjoy the prestige of having written well, those who read them want the prestige of having read them, and perhaps I who write this want the same thing.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
Jack’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jack’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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