Paradox

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1752.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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"The Masseuse." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Peter Mehlman, directed by Tom Cherones, season 5, episode 9, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1993.

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Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 11.

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Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 11.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. "Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung [Logical-Philosophical Treatise]." Annalen der Naturphilosophie [Annales of Natural Philosophy], 1921.

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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, translated by Michael Beaney. Oxford University Press, 2023.

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Seneca the Younger. Ad Polybium De Consolatione [Of Consolation, To Polybius]. c. 44 AD, ch. 6, sect. 5.

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Swift, Jonathan. A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind. London: John Morphew, 1711.

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Swift, Jonathan. "A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind." Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises: Polite Conversation, Directions Servants and Other Works, edited by Valerie Rumbold. Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Citizen Kane. Directed by Orson Welles. RKO Radio Pictures/Mercury Productions, 1941.

It is completely unimportant... That is why it is so interesting.

Hercule Poirot

Quoted in The Murder of Rogers Ackroyd

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Christie, Agatha. "Who Killed Ackroyd?" London Evening News, July - Sept. 1925.

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Christie, Agatha. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Vintage Books, 2022, ch. 7.

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Freud, Sigmund. Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion [The Man Moses and the Monotheist Religion]. Hogarth Press, 1939, pt. 3.

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Freud, Sigmund. Moses and Monotheism, translated by Katherine Jones. Vintage, 1955, pt. 3.

I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and the most from my students.

Hanina ben Dosa

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Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. c. 1960. (Ta'anit 1:7a)

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The Talmud: A Selection. Penguin Classics, 2009. (Ta'anit 1:7a).

There is no love of life without despair of life.

Albert Camus

Love of Life

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Camus, Albert. "Love of Life." Lyrical and Critical Essays. Vintage, 1970.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

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Bentham, Jeremy. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. London: T. Payne and Son, 1789, ch. 13.

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Bentham, Jeremy. Utilitarianism and Other Essays. Penguin UK, 2004, ch. 13.

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Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 30 Apr. 1885.

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Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

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Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann/The Viking Press, 1948, bk. 1, pt. 1, ch. 2, sec. 4.

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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1977.

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More, Thomas. Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. Leuven: Self-published, 1516, bk. 2.

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More, Thomas. Utopia, edited and translated by Paul Turner. Penguin Classics, 2003, bk. 2.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 14:11).

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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Hanh, Thich Nhat. Being Peace. Parallax Press, 1987.