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Jerzy is Currently Reading

Jerzy is currently reading

Suma logiczna

by William of Ockham

bookshelves: philosophy, wielcy-filozofowie, 2026-to-read, currently-reading

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Jerzy said: " A bit ironic that out of all the books in this philosophy series so far, the longest book is by the guy who invented Occam's Razor... Perhaps the simplest explanation would be that I should skip this book :-) but we'll give it a go! If I was able to ...more "

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This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why It Matters)

by Jay Foreman

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The Lord of the Rings

by J.R.R. Tolkien

bookshelves: fantasy-scifi, add-notes, currently-reading

read in February 2022

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Jerzy said: " Started re-reading recently for the first time in ages. [[When was this? Maybe fall of 2018 or 2019? Or was it summer 2015, right after I read the Hobbit? In any case, I only got through Fellowship last time.]]

Both here and in The Hobbit, I was struc ...more "

Oct 12, 2025 06:03AM · see review

Jerzy’s Quotes

“The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we live every day, that we form by being together. There are two ways to escape suffering it. The first is easy for many: accept the inferno and become such a part of it that you can no longer see it. The second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space.”
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

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“Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

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“But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted into battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished. The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.”
― Robert Ardrey, African Genesis: A Personal Investigation Into the Animal Origins and nature of Man

tags: hope, humanity

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“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. ”
― Seneca

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“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others”
― Martha Graham

tags: art, dance

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