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“When once we quit the basis of sensation, all is in the wind. To talk of immaterial existences is to talk of nothings. To say that the human soul, angels, god, are immaterial, is to say they are nothings, or that there is no god, no angels, no soul. I cannot reason otherwise: but I believe I am supported in my creed of materialism by Locke, Tracy, and Stewart.
{Letter to John Adams, from Monticello, 15 August 1820}”
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
{Letter to John Adams, from Monticello, 15 August 1820}”
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms...”
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Jason’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jason’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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491 friends
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706 friends
814 books
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166 friends
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124 friends
1,997 books
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3,623 books
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611 friends
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