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The knights of our romances – extract from Discourse on the Method

By TF | Published: July 9, 2010
I did not cease valuing the exercises which kept people busy in the schools. I knew that the languages one learns there are necessary for an understanding of ancient books, that the gracefulness of fables awakens the intellect, that the memorable actions of history raise the mind, and if [...]
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I wish you way more than luck – extract from This is Water

By TF | Published: December 7, 2009
The point here is that I think this is one part of what teaching me how to think is really supposed to mean. To be just a little less arrogant. To have just a little critical awareness about myself and my certainties. Because a huge percentage of the stuff that I tend to be automatically [...]
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The acts of madmen – extract from Has Man a Future?

By TF | Published: November 24, 2009
In negotiations between East and West, both sides, if they were sane, would not regard each other as the enemy, but would view the H-bomb as the common enemy of both. Both East and West have a common interest, which is to escape the common destruction threatened by modern weapons. Both sides are blinded to [...]
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Plot, the first and most important thing in Tragedy

By TF | Published: October 26, 2009
VII These principles being established, let us now discuss the proper structure of the Plot, since this is the first and most important thing in Tragedy. Now, according to our definition, Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is complete, and whole, and of a certain magnitude; for there may be a whole that is wanting [...]
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