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On division and outlining: "If we do not distinguish things (in the world) or points (in our thought or writing or speech), we confuse them; and if we confuse them, we are confused. To have a clear idea, the idea must also be distinct."

"Nations as a natural, God-given way of classifying men, as an inherent though long-delayed political destiny, are a myth: nationalism, which sometimes takes pre-existing cultures and turns them into nations, sometimes invents them, and often obliterates pre-existing cultures: *that* is a reality." - Ernest Gellner

يقول خوسيه ريزال... إن الذي لا يحب لغتها الأم هو أسوأ من سمكة نتنة

I guess niqabs are now a Halloween accessory?

[...] there is in death infinitely more hope than in, simply in human terms, not merely life itself but life at its height of health and vigour.

My heart breaks for Lebanon... I hope my friends in the area are safe and well. My deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones. These are truly trying times... الله يفرجها

Why does it feel like I'm reading the work of a high school student who's just discovered the comma?

Society seeks to distance itself from its deviants, either physically [...], or by categorizing them [...], or by denying responsibility for their problems. Yet in truth the deviants are simply the tail of the population's own distribution; they belong to each other and society is one, whether it likes it or not.