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Americans knew only too well that republics were very delicate polities that required a special kind of society—a society of equal and virtuous citizens. By throwing off monarchy and becoming republics, declared South Carolina physician and
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“Think a new thought, they sometimes tell themselves. The thoughts you have in orbit are so grandiose and old. Think a new one, a completely fresh unthought one. But there are no new thoughts. They’re just old thoughts born into new moments – and in these moments is the thought: without that earth we are all finished.”
― Orbital
― Orbital
“According to a UN report from 2014 surveying 185 countries and territories, only two did not guarantee any paid maternity leave; Papua New Guinea and the United States.”
― The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life
― The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life
“Everything but girls doing the hootchie-koo? Or were you thinking of that, too?”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“I’ve been so young for so long and so old for longer—so heart-wrinkled and naive all at once.”
― Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
― Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
“In Europe the Age of Faith reached its last full flower in Dante; it suffered a vital wound from Occam’s “razor” in the fourteenth century; but it lingered, ailing, till the advent of Bruno and Galileo, Descartes and Spinoza, Bacon and Hobbes; it may return if the Age of Reason achieves catastrophe”
― The Age of Faith
― The Age of Faith
Science and Inquiry
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This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including science in the new ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
The Liberal Politics & Current Events Book Club
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Do you enjoy keeping up with politics? Are you interested in current events and contemporary history? Do you consider yourself leftist, liberal, socia ...more
Akron Book Club
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I'd like to start an Akron area book club that meets in person. My idea is that it wouldn't be limited by genre - the group could choose books togethe ...more
Northwest Akron Branch Library's Online Book Discussion
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Hello, Northwest Akron Branch, a very friendly library in the Akron-Summit County Public Library System, is hosting a new program online. Anyone is ...more
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