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The organism’s passage through and into language is castration,
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
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“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
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“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Valis
― Valis
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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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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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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— last activity Jul 15, 2026 04:06PM
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
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— 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 Jun 12, 2026 11:33AM
"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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