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- Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:29 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: Post your bookshelf
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15354
Re: Post your bookshelf
When I moved to Spain I had to give away my old books (not that I organised them into a shelf). In the last couple of years I've had a more curated but slowly growing collection of books that is actually organised for books I value. And for those which I meanly wish to consume their content I read o...
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:24 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: What are some philosophical ideas that have had a profound impact on your life? Why?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10807
Re: What are some philosophical ideas that have had a profound impact on your life? Why?
I always found, from the point of view of an interest in history, the observations of Hobbes and Machiavelli (and Thucydides if you class him as a philosopher) about the nature of power hold a lot of insight if you want to understand what makes the world work
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- Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:20 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: Positive lifestyle changes post-COVID
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13863
Re: Positive lifestyle changes post-COVID
Working from home has meant less pressure to take the shortest route back at the end of work and instead go on a long walk around where I love. It is also true in recent years I don't drink as much as before - I would regularly have about 8 pints with friends in London that I knew from my masters de...