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The Other Husserl: The Horizons of Transcendental Phenomenology (Studies in Continental Thought)

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“The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.”
― Daniel Quinn, Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

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― Philip K. Dick, Radio Free Albemuth

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“There is nothing I dislike more in the world than people who care more about ideology than they do about people.”
― Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed

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“As somebody back then wrote, “Facebook is where you lie to your friends, Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers.”
― Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed

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“We are defining the boundaries of normality by tearing apart the people outside it.”
― Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed

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