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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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Cynthia Hand
“I never asked you to climb the tree to fetch more apples. And while we’re on the subject, I am a horse, not a stool.” “Will you add that to the rules?”
Cynthia Hand, My Lady Jane

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

Lucy Gilmore
“This world was a terrible place. It gave you people to love and then took them away before you stopped loving them. It made you mean and angry and cruel to those who needed you most. It ground you down until it was all you could do to get through the day.”
Lucy Gilmore, The Lonely Hearts Book Club

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

Cynthia Hand
“I’m marrying off my cousin to a horse,” he muttered.”
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