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seed that lands upside down in the ground will wheel—root and stem—in great U-turns until it rights itself. But a human child can know it’s pointed wrong and still consider the direction well worth a try.
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“transcendence through interdependence. The love of others is a treacherous but necessary path and the only one available to us, because we are not gods.”
― How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
― How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
“all life is suffering and that the trick is to find the suffering that’s worth longing for.”
― How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
― How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
“For too long we have ignored the dissenting voices that complicate the canon. The men of the Enlightenment were brave thinkers challenging traditional modes of thought, but the women of the Enlightenment were also brave, highlighting the ways in which men’s thinking fell short of their own ideals.”
― How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
― How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
“the male glance.” Not to be confused with the male gaze, which objectifies women’s bodies, the male glance does the opposite to women’s creative work: it barely gives it a second look.”
― How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
― How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
“your belief in your own victimhood is blinding you to your own powers”
― How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
― How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
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