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“The “I” is a grammatical fiction (Nietzsche). There are bundles of impressions but no underlying self (Hume). There is no survival because there is no person (Buddha, Parfit).”
― The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future
― The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future
“Knowledge is no guarantee of good behavior, but ignorance is a virtual guarantee of bad behavior.”
― Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
― Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
“A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.”
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
― The Narrow Road to the Deep North
“Another problem with people who fail to examine themselves is that they often prove all too easily influenced.”
― Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
― Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
“This tradition argues that education is not just about the passive assimilation of facts and cultural traditions, but about challenging the mind to become active, competent, and thoughtfully critical in a complex world. This model of education supplanted an older one in which children sat still at desks all day and simply absorbed, and then regurgitated, the material that was brought their way.”
― Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
― Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
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