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Book cover for The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence: Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think
We are but collections of constantly changing interactions between the world and our thoughts, and thus, the idea of a fixed, independent, identifiable self is a delusion. This is essential to understand because it suggests that the self ...more
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John Green
“One of the strange things about adulthood is that you are your current self, but you are also all the selves you used to be, the ones you grew out of but can't ever quite get rid of.”
John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

Dolly Alderton
“Oh, of course he has a tattoo on his chest,” India said, rolling her eyes. “What is it?” “I can’t. The irony is too awful.” “Go on,” she said. “Some symbol thing that means respect to womankind.” “Jesus wept.”
Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

Donald J. Robertson
“Epictetus: “It’s not things that upset us but our judgments about things,”
Donald J. Robertson, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

Donald J. Robertson
“What matters, in other words, isn’t what we feel but how we respond to those feelings.”
Donald J. Robertson, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

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