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A living being cannot simply exist but must do something to stay alive. The need of the living organism to sustain itself—the labor required to keep ourselves alive—minimally defines what Marx calls the realm of necessity. Because we are
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“Death is finished, he said to himself. It is no more!”
― The Death of Ivan Ilych
― The Death of Ivan Ilych
“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
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“We redefine what it means to be a good person as someone who is trying to be better, as opposed to someone who is allowing themselves to believe in the illusion that they are always a good person.”
― The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias
― The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias
“To live a free life, it is not enough that we have the right to freedom. We must have access to the material resources as well as the forms of education that allow us to pursue our freedom and to “own” the question of what to do with our time. What belongs to each one of us—what is irreducibly our own—is not property or goods but the time of our lives.”
― This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
― This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
Davis County Democrats Book Club
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— last activity Sep 23, 2013 11:05AM
Looking for a good book to read that satisfies your progressive sensibilities? Want to get to know other lefty book lovers in our county? Care to disc ...more
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