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“Every other day there was a newspaper column huffing about "the American Experiment." As if the experiment hadn't finished and we didn't know the results.”

Book:Crook Manifesto

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Crook Manifesto

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Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead is an American novelist known for his distinctive literary style and profound insights into historical themes. His works cover a range of topics from slavery to modern urban life, with his 'New York Trilogy' and 'The Underground Railroad' being particularly notable. more

“The unusual difficulty in making Qi intelligible in modern Western philosophy suggests that the underlying Chinese metaphysical assumption is significantly different from the Cartesian dichotomy between spirit and matter.... (furthermore) the continuous presence in Chinese philosophy of the idea of Qi as a way of conceptualizing the base structure and function of the cosmos, despite the availability of symbolic resources to make an analytical distinction between spirit and matter as an undifferentiated whole. The loss of analytical clarity is compensated by the reward of imaginative richness. The fruitful ambiguity of Qi allows philosophers to explore realms of being which are inconceivable to people constricted to Cartesian dichotomy.”

Qi Confucian Thought

Author:Tui Wei-ming

“Οι ερευνητές είχαν διαπιστώσει μόλις ότι το μέσο επίπεδο νοημοσύνης είχε καθοδική πορεία. Ο Άλαν διάβασε πως αυτοί που ξόδευαν πολύ χρόνο στη μαύρη πλακέτα τους έχαναν την ικανότητα του διαλόγου. Η πλακέτα είχε την ιδιότητα να μιλάει στον ιδιοκτήτη της παρά με αυτόν. Οι άνθρωποι περιφέρονταν στο διαδίκτυο και άφηναν άλλους να σκέφτονται για τους ίδιους, με αποτέλεσμα να οδεύουν προς το να γίνουν βλάκες. Ο Άλαν ανησύχησε οταν συνειδητοποίησε πως η αλήθεια εχανε έδαφος παράλληλα με την νοημοσύνη. Παλιότερα ήταν εύκολο να ξέρει κανείς τι ήταν αλήθεια και τι όχι. [...] Αλλά επειδή οι άνθρωποι δεν μιλούσαν πια μεταξύ τους, νικούσε αυτός που έλεγε το ίδιο πράγμα περισσότερες φορές.”

Philosophy Life Lessons Quotes Black Humor Sceptical

Book:The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man

Source: The Accidental Further Adventures of the Hundred-Year-Old Man

“I'm sceptical, but not paranoid — Scepticism protects, Paranoia damages.”

Paranoia Paranoid Sceptical

Author:Sino Melo

“Nooit, was er zóveel te verliezen, als in mijn verhaal. Petra Hermans 25 Oktober 2016”

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