Book Summaries
Thoughts After Midnight
1. Abstraction and Reality 2. Pyrrhic Victories 3. Does Evidence become outdated? 4. How can self deception be recognized? 5. Why do patterns of behavior repeat? 6. What is eternal in man, and what is temporary? 7. What is the price of conformity? 8.
- Abstraction and Reality
- Pyrrhic Victories
- Does Evidence become outdated?
- How can self deception be recognized?
- Why do patterns of behavior repeat?
- What is eternal in man, and what is temporary?
- What is the price of conformity?
- What is the price of rebellion?
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