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The Pillars of Creation (Sword of Truth, Book 7) by Terry Goodkind bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy |
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The Pillars of Creation (Sword of Truth, Book 7) by Terry Goodkind bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy |
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Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, Book 6) by Terry Goodkind bookshelves: fantasy, philosophy |
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Heroes, Saints, and Ordinary Morality (Moral Traditions) by Andrew Michael Flescher bookshelves: philosophy, to-read |
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read in July, 2008, has a copy to sell/swap
Richard said:
"Heroes, Saints, and Ordinary Morality feels like a collection of notes in preparation for The Altruistic Species, which is a much easier and more engaging read.
In examining moral theories and what makes humans human (hint: it's that...more " |
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""Treaty with Tripoli, Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;" " — United States Congress | |||||||||||
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"I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature." — Thomas Jefferson | |||||||||||
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"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." — Denis Diderot | |||||||||||
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The Altruistic Species: Scientific, Philosophical, and Religious Perspectives of Human Benevolence (Paperback) by Andrew Michael Flescher bookshelves: philosophy |
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Richard's favorite quotes
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
— Carl Sagan
— Carl Sagan
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever."
— George Orwell (1984)
— George Orwell (1984)
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
— Denis Diderot
— Denis Diderot
"Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: Great God, grant that twice two be not four."
— Ivan Turgenev
— Ivan Turgenev
"I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature."
— Thomas Jefferson
— Thomas Jefferson
Richard's writing
Rhetoric: The Power of Persuasion (Excerpt) (Science)
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updated 04/24/2008 11:16AM
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An excerpt from one of my essays.
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