Apropos of nothing: a thought.
January 19, 2009
The most irritating thing about so many philosophers is their apparent willingness to prescribe drastic lifestyle changes instead of thought changes. Why the former and not the latter?
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- The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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February 6, 2009 at 12:51 pm
probably because they think their thoughts are the only ones one needs (tongue slightly in cheek)