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“And why should we feel anger at the world?
As if the world would notice.”
― Meditations: A New Translation
As if the world would notice.”
― Meditations: A New Translation

“Thorough, adamant and uncompromising privatization of all concerns has been the main factor that has rendered postmodern society so spectacularly immune to systemic critique and radical social dissent with revolutionary potential.”
― Modernity and Ambivalence
― Modernity and Ambivalence

“Upon the highest throne in the world, we are seated, still, upon our arses.”
― The Essays: A Selection
― The Essays: A Selection

“The assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking.”
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“Don't be overheard complaining ... not even to yourself.”
― Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
― Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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