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“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“Confucius said, "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“Like too much alcohol,self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double, and we make the double image for two selves - mental and material, controlling and controlled, reflective and spontaneous. Thus instead of suffering we suffer about suffering, and suffer about suffering about suffering.”
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“There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.”
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“Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister--corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all we hold dear. The rest of the time everybody assumes that they are hard at work somewhere down in the sub-basement, keeping those foundations in good repair. Nobody much cares what brand of intellectual duct tape is being used.”
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Andrew’s 2024 Year in Books
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