The whole idea of expanding our repertoire of conscious states is not an entirely new idea: Hinduism and Buddhism are steeped in it, and there are intriguing precedents even in Western science. William James, the pioneering American
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“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
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“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
― The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: Volume 5, 1709–1713
― The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: Volume 5, 1709–1713
Banned Books
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To celebrate our love of reading books that people see fit to ban throughout the world. We abhor censorship and promote freedom of speech.
Maine Public All Books Considered Book Club
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Welcome to Maine Public All Books Considered Book Club! Each year, we highlight some of our top picks from Maine authors, and featuring Maine storie ...more
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