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The Black Prince

The book follows the life and adventures of a young prince during the 14th century. more

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Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch was an Irish-Canadian philosopher and author, born on July 15, 1919, in Dublin, Ireland, and passed away on February 8, 1999. She is celebrated for her philosophical novels that intertwine moral and ethical dilemmas with complex narratives. Murdoch's work has left a lasting impact on the literary world, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century. more

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“How can we humans claim ourselves to be superior to other animals? Is it because of the technological development we’ve made? Destroying one resource to create another one! Egotism is what we humans are fraught with… We boast of our intellectual superiority, but why do we have to depend upon a dog to sniff out a thief, one from our own race? Why do we need a dog for that? Why don't we just train ourselves and do the job on our own? The defence we produce here is that we don't have as many olfactory receptors in our nose as there are in a dog, and a part of a dog’s brain is devoted to analyzing smells. But then why is our developed logical and intellectual ability considered superior to their developed instinctive abilities? Isn't it ironical that a race that considers itself superior to others needs another race that it looks down upon, to sniff out someone of its own race? Doesn't it seem at variance with our own asset, logic that is, that we, who haven't yet developed a reliable device to predict an earthquake, consider ourselves better than a race that has an uncanny ability to predict future catastrophe? Being at the top of the food chain isn’t everything; even the dinosaurs disappeared, and the ones which were at the bottom still exist… I truly believe in nature's impartiality.”

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“(You’re good will outweigh your bad & you’re bad will outweigh you’re good). There are those who are rude & disrespectful sometimes, but show love to others. You have those people who turn their noses up & look down at other people, all their life as well, The ones who are rude & disrespectful sometimes, but show love to others, they have better chance of getting into heaven than those people who turn their noses up to others; thinking they are better than other's. "You’re good will outweigh your bad & you’re bad will outweigh you’re good". -MillYentei Orion⋆”

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“(Your good will outweigh your bad & your bad will outweigh your good). There are those; who are rude & disrespectful sometimes, but show love to others. But you have those people who turn their noses up & look down on people all their life, the ones who are rude & disrespectful sometimes, but show love to others, they have a better chance of getting into heaven; than those people who’ve turned their noses up to others, who’ve been thinking they’re better than other's all of their life. "Your good will outweigh your bad & you’re bad will outweigh your good". -MillYentei Orion⋆”

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