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[Voltaire] theoretically prefers a republic, but he knows its flaws: it permits factions which, if t...

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

I was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could s...

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Howard ZinnYou Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

In China the egalitarian movement came not just from Zhu's vision, but also the Taoist ideas of bala...

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English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and a...

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Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

We like to stress the commonness of heroes. Essences seem undemocratic. We feel oppressed by the cal...

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Innate in nearly every artistic nature is a wanton, treacherous penchant for accepting injustice whe...

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Thomas MannDeath in Venice and Other Tales