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Conformity and the Instinct of Rebellion: Norman Mailer Channels His Departed Friend, the Pioneering Psychologist Robert Lindner
Conformity and the Instinct of Rebellion: Norman Mailer Channels His Departed Friend, the Pioneering Psychologist Robert Lindner

“Because of the instinct of rebellion man has never been content with the limits of his mind: it has led him to inquire its secrets of the universe, to gather and learn and manipulate the fabulous inventory of the cosmos, to seek the very mysteries of creation.”

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The Nature of the Self: Experimental Philosopher Joshua Knobe on How We Know Who We Are
The Nature of the Self: Experimental Philosopher Joshua Knobe on How We Know Who We Are

A mind-bending new understanding of our basic existential anchor.

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Shackleton’s Journey: A Lovely Illustrated Chronicle of History’s Most Heroic Polar Expedition
Shackleton’s Journey: A Lovely Illustrated Chronicle of History’s Most Heroic Polar Expedition

“It is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.”

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Mark Twain on Masturbation
Mark Twain on Masturbation

“If you must gamble away your life sexually, don’t play a Lone Hand too much.”

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