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Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die For (Popular Culture and Philosophy)

by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (Goodreads Author)

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Ryan said: "

Very good so far. Especially enjoyed the chapters on choice and autonomy which I hadn't really thought of before in this context. Apparently, the last few chapters are supposed to be the best so I will see how it goes and post a final review at the ...more "

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May 28, 2012 01:34PM · see review

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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: bravery, courage, failure, inspirational, success

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“Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these.”
― T.S. Eliot

tags: emotion, escape, personality, poetry

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“No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Memories of My Melancholy Whores

tags: love

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“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden

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“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
― T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets

tags: life-experience, poetry, self-discovery, wisdom

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