Rousseau addressed the paradox of his position as a novelist in two prefaces, which explained that novels were bad in themselves because they caused corruption, yet salutary in that they could inspire virtue among those already trapped in a corrupt society.
He also added a further paradox: "This novel is not a novel.
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!!! Cake and eating it!?
pick(sings) That‘s nobody‘s business but the Turks…
Random book from our personal library.
Terrorism is a peculiar category of violence, because it has a cockeyed ratio of fear to harm.
pickPale Rider, by Laura Spinney (2017)
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Premise: An exploration of the origins, epidemiology, and lasting impacts of the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Review: This is an exceptional—and disturbingly prescient—book. So much of this felt like it was written in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and yet it was published years before. ⬇️
Recent acquisition for our personal library.
pickTook me the better part of a year to finish this — but we finally did it.
Art was a comfort to the Greeks. Through wars, natural disasters, and the cruel fates of life, art has a way of saving people, and the Greeks recognized that and used it, particularly in their tragedies. #tragedy #art #europe #normandavies #greek #ancientgreece #europeanhistory #history #worldhistory #greekhistory #arthistory
