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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: fantasy, humor, scifi

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“The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel

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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

tags: truth

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“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
― Simone Weil

tags: ethics, evil, good, morality, reality

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Philosophy — 5966 members — last activity Aug 09, 2026 08:32PM
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

What's the Name of That Book??? — 122155 members — last activity 1 hour, 28 min ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

Art, Theory and Literature of the Grotesque — 103 members — last activity May 05, 2009 04:30PM
A group to discuss, discover, and perhaps even re-introduce this potent way of looking at the world. Subject to include but not limited to: The His ...more

The Bibliotherapists' Book Club — 2 members — last activity May 30, 2019 08:02PM
A compilation of reading material to add to one's ever expanding reading list, aimed at enriching the understanding and practice of psychiatry. ...more