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“The man who is too isolated grows timid, abstracted, a little odd: He stumbles along amid realities like a sailor who has just come off his ship; he has lost the sense of the human lot; he seems to look on you as if you were a "proposition" to be inserted in a syllogism, or an example to be put down in a notebook.”

Book:The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

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The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods

This book delves into the nature of intellectual life, examining the core principles and environments that nurture intellectual development. It discusses the various methods and approaches used in the quest for knowledge, offering insights into the spirit that drives intellectual pursuits. more

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Antonin Sertillanges

Antonin Sertillanges was a French philosopher and theologian, born on November 16, 1863, and died on July 26, 1948. He is known for his extensive research in the fields of philosophy and theology, which has had a profound impact on later scholars. more

“In his entire output, I can find only one piece of genuine unfairness: a thuggish attack on the poetry of WH Auden, whom he regarded as a dupe of the Communist Party. But even this was softened in some later essays. The truth is that he disliked Auden's homosexuality, and could not get over his prejudice. But much of the interest of Orwell lies in the fact that he was born prejudiced, so to speak, against Jews and the coloured peoples of the empire, and against the poor and uneducated, and against women and intellectuals—and managed, in a transparent and unique way, to educate himself out of this fog of bigotry (though he never did get over his aversion to 'pansies').”

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Author:Christopher Hitchens

“American culture has regressed because of contemporary society’s glorification of making a good living and spending free time in media activities rather than constantly devoting themselves to a learning and self-improvement. The combination of grooming youngsters to fit into a commercial workplace and Americans willingness to submit themselves to endless hours of watching television shows filled with murders, violence, sex, and replete with advertisements that promote the goods of commercial giants has eroded the American spirit and contributed to lack of an intellectually sophisticated populous.”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“Emollit mores nec sinit esse feros. A faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.”

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Book:Epistulae ex Ponto

Source: Epistulae ex Ponto

“إن سيرة الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم تنفرد عن سيرة كل عظماء الدنيا بأن سيرة العظماء تكتب ويفرغ منها، لكن تظل سيرة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أبد الدهر فيها الجديد”