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Philosophical Investigations

by Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The Social Construction of What?

by Ian Hacking

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Laughable Loves

by Milan Kundera

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Stephen’s Quotes

“Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.”
― Thomas Sowell

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“Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities.”
― Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March

tags: abilities, boredom, fulfillment

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“We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be nothing, but who can give himself eternally to the truth in whom he subsists. (295)”
― Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

tags: false-self, hidden-feelings, mark, reality, true-self

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“I never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person.”
― Franz Kafka

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“Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.”
― Saul Bellow, Herzog

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