زد على ذلك أن هذه الأحلام، إلى فصاحتها، كانت جميلة. لقد أغفل فرويد هذا الجانب في نظريته عن الأحلام. فالحلم ليس فقط بلاغاً (بلاغاً مرموزاً عند الاقتضاء) بل هو أيضاً نشاط جمالي ولعبة للخيال. وهذه اللعبة...
ميلان كونديرا
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love, religion, philosophy, sex, psychological, psychology, novel, philosophy of life, political, sociology
The neo-cons, or some of them, decided that they would back Clinton when he belatedly decided for Bosnia and Kosovo against Milosevic, and this even though they loathed Clinton, because the battle aga...
Christopher Hitchens
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politics, religion, war, christianity, islam, revolution, catholicism, dictatorship, persecution, liberalism
Empowered Women 101: If they made you an option you will always be an option vs. the person they really wanted. Don't ever settle for someone that makes you go through hell only to stay with you becau...
Shannon L. Alder
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fear, weeds, cheaters, dignity, comfort zone, anxiety, strong women, liars, empowering women, spouses
Some readers may have noticed an icy little missive from Noam Chomsky ["Letters," December 3], repudiating the very idea that he and I had disagreed on the "roots" of September 11. I rush to agree. He...
Christopher Hitchens
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politics, war, morality, debate, genocide, afghanistan, terrorism, 2001, september 11 attacks, leftism
So he was queer, E.M. Forster. It wasn't his middle name (that would be 'Morgan'), but it was his orientation, his romping pleasure, his half-secret, his romantic passion. In the long-suppressed novel...
Michael Levenson
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romance, mothers, homosexuality, oscar wilde, secrets, 19th century, closeted, coming out, em forster, gay men