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The book ends with the disconcerting thought that progress in science is not a simple line leading to the truth. It is more progress away from less adequate conceptions of, and interactions with, the world
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“Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.”
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“Charisma is the numinous aura around a narcissistic personality. It flows outward from a simplicity or unity of being and a composure and controlled vitality. There is gracious accommodation, yet commanding impersonality. Charisma is the radiance produced by the interaction of male and female elements in a gifted personality. The charismatic woman has a masculine force and severity. The charismatic man has an entrancing female beauty. Both are hot and cold, glowing with presexual self love.”
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“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”
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“Freedom is the recognition of contingency.”
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“We must accept our pain
Change what we can
and laugh at the rest”
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Change what we can
and laugh at the rest”
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Andreas’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Andreas’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
109 books
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41 friends
224 books
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27 friends
121 books
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2 friends
2,413 books
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781 friends
655 books
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23 friends
8 books
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42 friends
2 books
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31 friends
1 book
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79 friends
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