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“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
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“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
(Letter 16, 1657)”
― The Provincial Letters
(Letter 16, 1657)”
― The Provincial Letters
“To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.”
― A History of Western Philosophy
― A History of Western Philosophy
“Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents.”
― The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
― The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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264 friends
261 books
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252 books
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22 books
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39 friends
27 books
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0 books
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18 friends
4 books
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936 books
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79 friends
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