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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols

“It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.”
― Neither Victims Nor Executioners
― Neither Victims Nor Executioners

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
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“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.
[These words are also inscribed upon his grave]”
― Eleven Theses on Feuerbach
[These words are also inscribed upon his grave]”
― Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

“For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”
― The Wretched of the Earth
― The Wretched of the Earth

A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more

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