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Kyle’s books-in-guangzhou shelf

On the Heights of Despair by Emil M. Cioran

Care Crosses the River by Hans Blumenberg

History of the Conquest of Mexico/History of the Conquest of ... by William Hickling Prescott

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Kyle’s Bookshelves

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author-canadian‎ (2)

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Kyle Clewett is currently reading

六个道德故事

by Éric Rohmer

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— Nov 26, 2023 07:47AM

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Care Crosses the River (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)

by Hans Blumenberg

bookshelves: author-german, philosophy, currently-reading, books-in-guangzhou

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— Nov 26, 2023 07:38AM

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History of the Conquest of Mexico/History of the Conquest of Peru

by William Hickling Prescott

bookshelves: history, mexico, peru, spain, author-american, currently-reading, books-in-guangzhou

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Kyle’s Quotes

“Hegel observed that newspapers serve modern man as a substitute for morning prayers”
― Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

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“No more arresting emblems of the modern culture of nationalism exist than cenotaphs and tombs of Unknown Soldiers.”
― Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

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“Every individual with “ideals” is a potential murderer.”
― Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Escolios a una texto implícito: Selección

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“Rather than humanizing technology, modern man prefers to technify man.”
― Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Escolios a una texto implícito: Selección

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“When I was a child, luxury was fur coats, evening dresses, and villas by the sea. Later on, I thought it meant leading the life of an intellectual. Now I feel that it is also being able to live out a passion for a man or a woman.”
― Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

tags: love-passion

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