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Friedrich A. Hayek
“If man is not to do more harm than good in his efforts to improve the social order, he will have to learn that he cannot acquire the full knowledge which would make mastery of the events possible.”
Friedrich A. Hayek, The Pretence of Knowledge

Alexis de Tocqueville
“Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”
Alexis de Tocqueville

C.S. Lewis
“What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.”
C.S. Lewis

Alexis de Tocqueville
“Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.”
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Allen Saunders
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
Allen Saunders

142309 Underground Knowledge — A discussion group — 25575 members — last activity 2 hours, 47 min ago
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more
162558 NonFiction Pulitzers — 839 members — last activity 27 minutes ago
A group to read the General Nonfiction, Biography/Autobiography, and History Books that won or were a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
19860 Classics and the Western Canon — 4962 members — last activity 14 hours, 40 min ago
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
1194 Philosophy — 5881 members — last activity 6 hours, 26 min ago
What is Philosophy? Why is it important? How do you use it? This group looks at these questions and others: ethics, government, economics, skepticism, ...more
169034 Non Fiction Book Club — 5120 members — last activity 39 minutes ago
This group is for anyone who enjoys Non Fiction. Genres discussed here include Histories, Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Science and Technolog ...more
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