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Hot and cold
“And you didn’t feel anything at all?” the woman said. “Nothing.” “Too bad.” She smiled strangely, looking at him in the eye. “It was a nice earthquake.” – Jonathan Franzen, Strong Motion On a cellphone conversation, a classmate told me … Continue reading
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Tagged adolf hitler, arthur schopenhauer, care, character, compassion, consistency, egoism, empathy, essay, ethics, evil, life, malice, moral philosophy, perspective, philosophy, psychology, weather
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Circumstances and cowardice
Last Friday, around three in the morning, a character named “Etta” commented on my essay “Mistake.” “Mistake” is this crazy reflection I wrote a month ago after having an adventure with my high school friends. The essay is about my … Continue reading
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Tagged change, circumstances, cowardice, essay, freedom, friends, letter, life, madness, maturity, perspective, philosophy, suffering, university life
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