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Jaime Rodriguez
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“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group
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This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more
Political Philosophy and Ethics
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Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more
Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge
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This group is for people participating in the Popsugar reading challenge for 2025 (or any other year). The Popsugar website posted a reading challenge ...more
Jaime’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jaime’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Business, Cookbooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Manga, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Thriller, Young-adult, social-movements, social-justice, race, feminism, sociology, theory, gender, economics, anthropology, environment, north-american-history, lgbt, political-science, historical, essays, climate-change, queer, academic, biology, poverty, cultural, school, eastern-philosophy, metaphysics, skepticism, medical, international, read-for-college, read-for-school, grad-school, time-travel, leadership, and post-apocalyptic
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