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Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

by Yuval Noah Harari

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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author)

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"Chapter 2 was poignant for me. So what delayed the discovery of evolution was Platonist essentialism, which saw all rabbits as shadows of the Essential Rabbit. Whereas evolutionary thinking is looking at variations as depicting intermediates between two otherwise different animals. Who would have thought, Plato!" — Aug 12, 2014 04:10AM

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Singapore Is Not An Island: Views On Singapore Foreign Policy

by Bilahari Kausikan

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"Incisive take on European liberalism in part 4. Going back to pol 101 - Isaiah Berlin’s conception of many contradicting Goods that cannot be realised simultaneously." — Feb 16, 2018 08:50PM

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Lim’s Quotes

“Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.”
― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

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“You are cold, while you yourself fan flames. By all means wrap yourself in your despotic furs, there is no one to whom they are more appropriate, cruel goddess of love and of beauty”
― Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus In Furs

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