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Alex Ryan
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(1) Reason is essential for knowing reality (Galileo and Locke). (2) Reason is a function of the individual (Locke, especially). (3) What the reasoning individual needs to pursue knowledge of reality is, above all, freedom—the freedom to
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“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”
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“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
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“If you can't you must, and if you must you can.”
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“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
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“If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make who would you call and what would you say?
And why are you waiting?”
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And why are you waiting?”
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Alex’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Alex’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
254 books
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37 friends
237 books
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80 friends
109 books
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41 friends
1,259 books
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341 friends
36 books
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26 friends
1,263 books
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55 friends
2,791 books
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466 friends
10 books
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59 friends
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