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The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

by Will Durant

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Lolita

by Vladimir Nabokov

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“Here it can be seen that solipsism, when its implications are followed out strictly, coincides with pure realism.”
― Wittgenstein

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“Don't you see the rest of the country looks upon New York like we're left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers? I think of us that way sometimes and I live here.”
― Woody Allen, Annie Hall: Screenplay

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Including within it neo-liberalism, libertarianism, objectivism, anarcho-capitalism, minarchism, and American conservatism, this classical or "market" ...more

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Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more

Objectivism: Ayn Rand and Beyond — 125 members — last activity Apr 08, 2021 09:49AM
A group to discuss Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism in a critical, yet respectful way. Discussion is not limited to what Rand wrote. In addition t ...more