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“It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.”
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“The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse.”
― Istanbul: Memories and the City
― Istanbul: Memories and the City
“A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.”
― Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey
― Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey
“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”
― The New Life
― The New Life
“all addictions—whether to drugs or to non-drug behaviors—share the same brain circuits and brain chemicals. On the biochemical level the purpose of all addictions is to create an altered physiological state in the brain. This can be achieved in many ways, drug taking being the most direct. So an addiction is never purely “psychological”; all addictions have a biological dimension.”
― In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
― In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Canpolat’s 2024 Year in Books
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