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Keigo Higashino
Keigo Higashino

Keigo Higashino is a celebrated Japanese author specializing in mystery novels. Born on February 4, 1958, he has garnered international recognition for his intricate plots and psychological insights. His works frequently explore themes of crime, suspense, and human psychology, making him a favorite among mystery enthusiasts worldwide. more

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“Because it is dangerous to ignore the existence of the irrational. The more cultivated a person is, the more intelligent, the more repressed, then the more he needs some method of channeling the primitive impulses he's worked so hard to subdue. Otherwise those powerful old forces will mass and strengthen until they are violent enough to break free, more violent for the delay, often strong enough to sweep the will away entirely.”

Human Nature
Book:The Secret History
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“I have asserted that Hobbes's psychological analysis of the human mind has no rational connection with his theory of the State. But it has, of course, an emotional connection; one can say that both doctrines belong naturally to the same temperament. Materialistic determinism and absolutist government fit into the same scheme of life. And this theory of the State shows the same lack of balance which is a general characteristic of philosophers after the Renaissance. Hobbes merely exaggerates one aspect of the good State. In doing so he developed a particularly lamentable theory of the relation between Church and State.”

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Book:For Lancelot Andrewes: Essays Ancient & Modern
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“It is extraordinary that a philosophy so essentially revolutionary as that of Hobbes, and so similar to that of contemporary Russia, should ever have been supposed to give any support to Toryism. But its ambiguity is largely responsible for its success. Hobbes was a revolutionary in thought and a timid conservative in action; and his theory of government is congenial to that type of person who is conservative from prudence but revolutionary in his dreams. This type of person is not altogether uncommon. In Hobbes there are symptoms of the same mentality as Nietzsche: his belief in violence is a confession of weakness. Hobbes's violence is of a type that often appeals to gentle people. His specious effect of unity between a very simple theory of sense perception and an equally simple theory of government is of a kind that will always be popular because it appears to be intellectual but is really emotional, and therefore very soothing to lazy minds.”

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Book:For Lancelot Andrewes: Essays Ancient & Modern
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“I've never seen... people take so much pleasure in inflicting pain on others! Do it!! More!! Play your sick little game!! YOU LOVE VIOLENCE, DON'T YOU?! I DO TOO!! Nothing excites me like tormenting the helpless! GO ON, ENJOY IT!! Your doing whats just! You don't need to hold back!! Its just like you said, Hange! This is what must be done!! to bring about justice!! Everythings so much easier if you think of it like that!! Doesn't it feel incredible?! You can think of yourself as doing something great!! Your monsters!! Titans are cute little babies next to you!! But... you don't scare me!! I...!! I...!! I have the king.. I protected the king with my comrades... for years... I believe... in the security of the walls... and the king... our actions... weren't misguided... or so I... thought. ...so this is how much it hurts... just tortue me to death... its all... I ever did with... my bloodstained life... " My comrades... This seems to be the end of the line for me... but... I know you'll find a way to beat these *******s. I leave the rest to you... these walls... our great king... please, protect them from war.”

Human Nature
Author:Hajime Isayama
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