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Tales of the QuantumTales of the Quantum, BookUnderstanding Physics' Most Fundamental Theory
by Hobson, ArtBook - 2017Book, 2017
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Added Jan 02, 2023
Rethinking ConsciousnessRethinking Consciousness, BookA Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience
by Graziano, Michael S. A.Book - 2019Book, 2019
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Added Dec 16, 2022
Consciousness and Fundamental RealityConsciousness and Fundamental Reality, Book
by Goff, PhilipBook - 2017Book, 2017
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Added Dec 05, 2022
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interesting read but not much science
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Added Dec 04, 2022
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Your Brain Is A Time MachineYour Brain Is A Time Machine, BookThe Neuroscience and Physics of Time
by Buonomano, DeanBook - 2017Book, 2017
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Added Nov 19, 2022
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Book
by Dick, Philip K.Book - 2017Book, 2017
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Added May 29, 2019
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Empathy as a measure of humanity. The protagonist soon learns that androids may be capable of empathy and compassion while humans may be completely devoid of it, a realization that changes his understanding of himself. The novel came to be due to a Nazi journal Dick came across: ...a Holocaust Nazi officer complains about not being able to sleep because he was “kept awake at night by the cries of starving children.” Instead of empathizing with their suffering, the officer only saw them as a nuisance that disturbed his sleep. That one line had a deep impact on Dick who thought, “It is not human to complain in your diary that starving children are keeping you awake.”Empathy as a measure of humanity. The protagonist soon learns that androids may be capable of empathy and compassion while humans may be completely devoid of it, a realization that changes his understanding of himself. The novel came to be due to a…
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Added May 01, 2019
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I found a bit of Spinoza in Siddharta's message. Spinoza: "All things in nature proceed from certain necessity and with the utmost perfection". Therefore, no things happen by chance in Spinoza's world. In the universe anything that happens comes from the essential nature of objects, or of God and nature. Perfection therefore abounds according to Spinoza. If circumstances are seen as unfortunate it is only because of our inadequate conception of reality. Spinoza's point is, there is nothing inherent in any thing, to make it either good or bad".I found a bit of Spinoza in Siddharta's message. Spinoza: "All things in nature proceed from certain necessity and with the utmost perfection". Therefore, no things happen by chance in Spinoza's world. In the universe anything that happens comes…
The Inspector GeneralThe Inspector General, eBook
by Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ VasilʹevicheBook - 2005eBook, 2005
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Added Dec 18, 2018
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Gogol wrote his satire in Imperial Russia and was lucky not to end up in Siberia—or worse. Czar Nicholas allowed the play to be produced because he saw it as being about everyone else’s corruption, not his own.
Eugénie GrandetEugénie Grandet, Book
by Balzac, Honoré deBook - 2000 | FrenchBook, 2000. Language: French
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Added Dec 18, 2018
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"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay / to mould me man? Did I solicit thee / From Darkness to promote me?". Are creations accountable for their imperfections?
George Bernard Shaw's PlaysGeorge Bernard Shaw's Plays, BookContexts and Criticism
by Shaw, BernardBook - 2002Book, 2002
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Added Dec 18, 2018
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A vision to human nature. Human nature is presented as being no different, fundamentally, from animal nature – self-serving and ultimately geared towards mere survival. Saramago was a proponent of Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes argued that man is born wicked and must be civilised. Left in a “state of nature”, Hobbes famously argued, our lives would be “nasty, brutish and short”. We would fight continually over power and resources. Deference to authority is therefore an act of self-preservation: we put our faith in strong leaders, and civic institutions such as the law, to save us from ourselves. Recent scientific findings suggests Hobbes was right.A vision to human nature. Human nature is presented as being no different, fundamentally, from animal nature – self-serving and ultimately geared towards mere survival. Saramago was a proponent of Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes argued that man is born wicked…
Waiting for GodotWaiting for Godot, BookTragicomedy in 2 Acts
by Beckett, SamuelBook - 1954Book, 1954
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Added Dec 12, 2018
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"We always find something, eh Didi, to let us think we exist?”
The play is about Not the emptiness of one’s existence but the emptiness of existence itself. The characters have no personality, no goal, no obstacle to overcome they are just waiting. Waiting for Godot to come, waiting for Godot to give them meaning to existence."We always find something, eh Didi, to let us think we exist?”
The play is about Not the emptiness of one’s existence but the emptiness of existence itself. The characters have no personality, no goal, no obstacle to overcome they are just waiting.…
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Added Dec 12, 2018
Collected Plays [of] Bertolt BrechtCollected Plays [of] Bertolt Brecht, Book
by Brecht, BertoltBook - 1970-Book, 1970-
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Added Dec 10, 2018
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Added Dec 10, 2018
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the play ponders whether human beings truly appreciate the precious nature of a transient life. And because birth and death seem inevitable, the most important stage of life is the middle one: the quest for companionship, friendship, and love.
A Thornton Wilder TrioA Thornton Wilder Trio, BookThe Cabala; The Bridge of San Luis Rey; The Woman of Andros
by Wilder, ThorntonBook - 1956Book, 1956
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Added Dec 10, 2018
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"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures" - the woman of andros, 1930
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Added Dec 10, 2018
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very similar to Eugene Onegin by Pushkin.
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Added Dec 10, 2018
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"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
― Kahlil Gibran
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Added Dec 08, 2018
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"All power tends to corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
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