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The organism’s passage through and into language is castration,
“The older you get, the more voices you get in the back of your head.”
― American Elsewhere
― American Elsewhere
“Sunsets we always liked because they only happen once and go away."
"But, Lena, that's sad."
"No, if the sunset stayed and we got bored, that would be a real sadness.”
― Dandelion Wine
"But, Lena, that's sad."
"No, if the sunset stayed and we got bored, that would be a real sadness.”
― Dandelion Wine
“The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a vague chatter and melts away between one’s fingers.”
― Darkness at Noon
― Darkness at Noon
“People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.”
― Lexicon
― Lexicon
“For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.”
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The Lucid Garden
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— last activity Jul 14, 2019 05:57AM
For fans of the slightly off-kilter, more in depth variety of fantasy/sci-fi/comics...though by no means limited to specifically those genres. If you ...more
Philosophy
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— last activity Sep 25, 2025 10:13AM
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
Classics and the Western Canon
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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
Aspiring Writers
— 189 members
— last activity May 29, 2021 09:47AM
Hey y'all this is just a writing group where we can talk about: - our writing progress - asking for advice - talking to other ppl who are currently w ...more
Sentientism
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— last activity Sep 21, 2025 11:18AM
"Sentientism is an ethical philosophy that grants degrees of moral consideration to all sentient beings. Sentientism extends humanism by showing compa ...more
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