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Anarchy is just another way to stand up to the bullies.

#freereads #classicbooks

This one‘s up next. It‘s a reread. Being lost in the hush of an endless dusk these days makes book like this comforting.

#findingjoy

Literary quote of the day from my “Sorry, I'm booked“ mug a dear friend gifted to me.

Wish you all to find your happy place ;)

The author admits in the first chapter that fascism is difficult to define and that different characteristics will be emphasised depending on what definition one chooses. The characteristics he chooses to highlight have some uncomfortable resonances this year (2025) considering this book dates from 2014. ⬇

#coffeeandabook

Dante called Boethius the “last of the Romans and first of the Scholastics“. He wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while unjustly imprisoned in 523. In the book he is visited by Lady Philosophy who teaches him that transient things do not bring happiness.

“The Joy cannot come to you- ever. It emanates from the formless dimension within you, from consciousness itself and thus is one with who you are”