Litsy

Key Philosophical Writings | Rene Descartes

Anyone else gets annoyed by these? ://

Almost always can‘t get my focus back

AlaSkaat @kspenmoll it reminded me of the ‘can you find the the mistake? 123‘ so I kept going back and forth thinking I‘m reading it wrong ! There‘s so many punctuation mistakes in books though. Especially older ones. 15h

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FelipeChapulaS

La peste | Albert Camus

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Un malade a besoin de douceur, il aime a s‘appuyer sur quelque chose, c‘est bien naturel. - Albert Camus, La peste

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kspenmoll

We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

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This book was so dense and meaty that I pulled quotes for my review. I can say that I am inclined to read more of Ardent‘s books but feel it would take more than a year & I would certainly need buddy reads,because although I am fascinated the philosophy thanks to the exposure from classes my son took in college,I struggle with processing philosophical thinking. Any takers? #adventuresinphilosophy

Tamara, TheBookHippie, Suet624, Chrissyreadit, JaclynW, GingerAntics, ravenlee, AlaSkaat

Suet624 I‘m not ready right now but, yes, soon I would be interested (edited) 2d

kspenmoll @Suet624 Sometimes it challenging right now-days I want only escapist reading. I found a penguin reader that dips into her work- maybe I can face that!!!!

The Portable Hannah Arendt

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kspenmoll How is the snow? We have sleet, ice everywhere- cannot go out. Dangerous! 2d

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Suet624 Oh yeah, that penguin reader looks interesting! We are overwhelmed with snow up here. It‘s like time is standing still. No cars, no plows. I feel like it‘s what Vermont used to be, with snow drifts over our heads. I walked to the bakery, a couple of blocks away and got myself a great big cinnamon roll. Just a few people out shoveling . It‘s gorgeous, but a lot. (edited) 2d

kspenmoll @Suet624 I am glad you live close to a bakery- you deserve a treat! Aldo glad you can walk. I got out yesterday for the first time since last Wednesday (in with bronchitis) & it was so refreshing to breathe in the outdoor air! 2d

Suet624 @kspenmoll I‘m glad you got outside. Snowstorm air is spectacular. 2d

TheBookHippie In a couple months yes! I preordered this yes I know pricey and Amazon but I preordered a year ago!! https://a.co/d/62iIAb3 however any of her books I‘d reread! I‘ve not read most since my 20s and I have no problem buying copies. 2d

ravenlee I got The Origins of Totalitarianism recently, so I‘d be game for a buddy read at some point. 2d

kspenmoll @TheBookHippie I have the older copy, not expanded, with intro by historian Anne Applebaum. 2d

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll @ravenlee I‘m up for anything. I wanted to get her books to own anyway. 2d

ravenlee @kspenmoll @TheBookHippie my copy is the same, with the Applebaum intro. 2d

GingerAntics You‘re done already? I‘m still struggling my way through it. 2d

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Bookwomble

A Way of Being | Carl Rogers

I'm a third of the way through a 12-hour online conference: "The Future of the Person-Centred Approach: How to Serve a Changing World" and it's been by turns intense, dull and fascinating. A bit hard for my ADHD to maintain focus when people are rambling, despite being totally focused on another person is what I do for a living (or perhaps because of ?)

Bookwomble Taking a walk during the lunch break to clear my head and prepare for the next 9 hours!
Nobody's tried to sell me a book ... yet! 2d

TrishB 12 hours online is a challenge to anyone‘s concentration! 2d

merelybookish Online conferences are brutal. They suck up double the energy! Also, do love Carl Rogers. 2d

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Bookwomble @TrishB @merelybookish On a 15-minute tea break - it's being quite stimulating now (coffee and tea helping!) One of the speakers I was particularly wanting to hear is Peggy Natiello - she was a student of Carl Rogers and at 95 years old, still as sharp as a tack and as revolutionary and anti establishment as ever! ✊🏻 2d

julesG Yay for tea!!! Enjoy the rest of the conference. 2d

bibliothecarivs Is that a photo from your walk? Oh, how I wish I was in England today (and every day)! 2d

Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs Yep - cracked pavements, damp weather, cold wind and all! 😄 2d

Bookwomble @julesG I needed the tea! It was a good day's reflection and discussion 😊 2d

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GingerAntics

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

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How is it going, ladies? Anyone else troubled that E. Coli can SMELL YOU?! I wonder if probiotics can sense when you‘re about to take them? Do they get lonely when I forget to take them for a while? The poor dears.
#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp

kspenmoll 😂😂😂 lonely probiotics! 2d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I know. I feel so bad for them. Don‘t tell them I can‘t find them right now. 2d

AlaSkaat I somehow lost the book. Where / how ??? but new one is coming tomorrow so I shall get back to this haha 15h

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat oh my, really? That‘s horrible! I hate when that happens. Of course, as soon as the new one arrives, the original copy will appear. lol It‘s a law of physics or something. You got this. You‘re going awesome! 1h

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GingerAntics

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

So next time you get food poisoning, just know that it smelled you coming!
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#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp

kspenmoll Thanks for the humor!!!😂 2d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I found this fact to get terrifying!!! 2d

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lil1inblue

The Prophet | Kahlil Gibran

#feelinthelove #timelesslove
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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lil1inblue @Eggs 🩵💙🩵 2d

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wanderinglynn

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

If you think these firings won‘t affect you, you haven‘t been paying attention.

A friend who was fired today from the Dept. of Energy worked on projects with money appropriated by Congress. Projects that create American jobs, strengthen our country by improving the nation's electric grid, & advance industrial technologies that reduce pollution & keep us competitive with manufacturing abroad.

And this is just 1 person, 1 story.

Leftcoastzen Thank you for posting. I have many friends in government positions, fine people all doing a great job . Everything is in chaos. 4d

AmyG Madness! 4d

lil1inblue I've lost all words. So I'll just send virtual love and solidarity. 4d

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Lesliereadsalot Somebody has to put a stop to this. We need heroes. 4d

Jas16 It is too much to grasp. (edited) 4d

Susanita I‘m so sorry about your friend. This demonization of government employees is disgusting. 4d

Suet624 And are they slashing unemployment too? Will thousands of unemployed individuals make America great? It‘s unbearable. 4d

Aims42 😢💔 I am so sorry about your friend. This current administration is going in with a machete when a scalpel is needed 4d

Amiable I read an article that speculated an economic theory behind Trump‘s firing spree: less employed people = less consumer demand. Less demand can cool down inflation. If that starts dropping because of all this unemployment, the Fed may lower interest rates to keep the economy from face-planting. And who loves low interest rates more than Trump loves golden toilets? His wealthy donors, who can borrow tons of cheap money. It‘s Machiavellian. (edited) 4d

ImperfectCJ Just sent a federal employee friend a supportive (I hope) message. This is a young person who didn't even know what a government shutdown was before I mentioned it to him. I feel for him with all of this wackiness. 4d

kspenmoll 😱😱😱 Thank you for your post. I take pics to send to friends. (edited) 3d

CoverToCoverGirl They are taking aim at us here in Canada and the rest of the world too. Watching the news is like watching a horror movie unfold. I‘m so sorry to see what‘s happening to my neighbours while also being concerned about my fellow Canadians. 😢 3d

julesG @CoverToCoverGirl Same here in Germany. It's a dystopian novel being written right in front of us. We have a general election coming up and the US VP is chumming up to the German right-wing party leaders. ??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️ There's this German saying: "God(s) throw down some brains, or bricks, but make sure you hit your targets." 3d

Larkken Thank you for your post. I am so confused at how awry my life has gone that the whims of two billionaires can determine whether I will lose a job I worked hard for years to qualify for. 3d

wanderinglynn @lil1inblue thank you. 🤍 3d

wanderinglynn @Aims42 thank you. 🤍 And yes, that‘s exactly what‘s happening. 3d

wanderinglynn @ImperfectCJ so much confusion and chaos. Thank you – I‘m sure it helped. 🤍 3d

Aims42 @Amiable Ding, ding, ding winner, winner, chicken dinner to that speculation. It tracks (edited) 3d

Aims42 @Larkken Ugh, this sucks so much and shouldn‘t be a worry for anyone 😔💔 3d

CoverToCoverGirl @julesG I saw that “speech”. Despicable. Evil and intolerance has many faces, his is just one. We are facing an election here too and the opposition party is right wing, and using vicious rhetoric saying our country is broken and only they can save it. We are not broken, they have a self serving agenda. 2d

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