philosophy
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The Prince – A Study in Expediency
Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always to observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to… Continue reading
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Fear and Trembling – Abraham revisited
For he who loved himself became great in himself, and he who loved others became great through his devotion, but he who loved God became greater than all. I gave this books 5 stars on Goodreads, but I almost gave it none. By that, I mean it is an almost impossible book to rate in… Continue reading
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The Brothers Karamazov – 4 & 5: Strains; Pro and Contra
Click here for other installments in this review series… The carriage started and raced off. All was vague in the traveler’s soul, but he greedily looked around him at the fields, the hills, the trees, a flock of geese flying high above him in the clear sky. Suddenly he felt so well. What I got… Continue reading
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Viktor Frankl and the Will to Meaning
On the bus this afternoon, I finished reading Viktor Frankl‘s nonfiction classic, Man’s Search for Meaning. It is a short, two-part memoir, detailing first his experiences as a Nazi concentration camp survivor, and second, his own system of psychotherapy, logotherapy. This latter is based on his belief that the driving force in human life is… Continue reading
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