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January 18, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Gilles Deleuze on Writing, Creation, Philosophy, and More

Happy birthday, Gilles Deleuze! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “Bring something incomprehensible into the world!”   “[T]o…

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May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Karl Marx on History, Labor, Class, Revolution, and More.

Happy birthday, Karl Marx! Here are some quotes from the author’s writing:   “Revolutions are the locomotives of history.”  …

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April 14, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Fredric Jameson on History, Politics, and More.

  Happy birthday, Fredric Jameson! 86, today! Here are some quotes from the literary critic, philosopher, and political theorist:  …

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March 21, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

Slavoj Žižek on Writing, Words, Fiction, Politics, and More.

  Happy birthday, Slavoj Žižek! 71, today! Here are some quotes from his writing.   “Words are never ‘only words’;…

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January 18, 2020 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Bring something incomprehensible into the world!”

  Happy birthday, Gilles Deleuze! Here are some quotes from the writer:   “[T]o write is to struggle and resist;…

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October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?”

  Happy birthday, Friedrich Nietzsche! Here are some quotes from the philosopher.   “Is it better to out-monster the monster…

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October 15, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“But couldn’t everyone’s life become a work of art?”

  Happy birthday, Michel Foucault! Here are some quotes from the philosopher and historian.   “I am no doubt not…

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July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Reading, Videos, Writing

“Mastery of language affords remarkable power.”

  Happy birthday, Frantz Fanon! Here are some quotes from the philosopher, revolutionary, and writer. “When I write things like…

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July 15, 2019 - Books, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“No difference without alterity, no alterity without singularity, no singularity without here-now.”

  Happy birthday, Jacques Derrida! Here are some quotes from the philosopher . “We must do the impossible, we must…

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April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 - Nonfiction, Philosophy, Reading, Travel, Writing

On the Art of Wearing Yourself Out, by Brian Kiteley

  I drew maps and mazes when I was a kid. Endless maps, some very particular, some just rough outlines,…

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