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“On ne comprends rien à la civilisation moderne, si l'on n'admet pas d'abord qu'elle est une conspiration universelle contre toute espèce de vie intérieure.”
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“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Nunc fluens facit tempus,
nunc stans facit aeternitatum.
(The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.)”
― The Consolation of Philosophy
nunc stans facit aeternitatum.
(The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.)”
― The Consolation of Philosophy
“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.”
― Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works
― Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works
“I love, I love beauty
and in it I worship my follies,
the ones I found on my own,
and the ones to which I was led”
― Adonis: Selected Poems
and in it I worship my follies,
the ones I found on my own,
and the ones to which I was led”
― Adonis: Selected Poems
Classics and the Western Canon
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This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
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