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Rafaelsanchez53

['Member']Joined: January 23, 2021 at 10:47Last active: May 28, 2021 at 15:221 discussions12 comments

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you are right but the tale still works no matter the sophistry a reader may be willing to use
January 25, 2021 at 18:15
No assumption here, a book by itself can never hold such amount of content and is really a shortcut. What I in fact supposed is that you are already a...
January 25, 2021 at 16:12
You can ponder about my intentions as much as you want but it just draw my attention such a high expectation from a book, "a really comprehensive hist...
January 25, 2021 at 14:27
Indeed... but there is a third kind of people, those who don't talk, just think.
January 25, 2021 at 05:12
Effort adds value to everyting, we both agree, but what is mundane, what is accomplishment... for you and me, could be defined in a very different way...
January 24, 2021 at 10:48
No matter how much you search or read, not even in 100 lifetimes you will get "a really comprehensive history of humanity, from its earliest beginning...
January 23, 2021 at 14:35
find then a bon-vivant, a sybarite, a pornographer... and tell them that their sensual pleasures will "eventually wear thin" (when they die will be so...
January 23, 2021 at 14:19
Well, you could also say that people learn what is difficult because they are wise, it works both ways. Yes, we all have pros and cons and this person...
January 23, 2021 at 12:54
OK, one won't find the solution but could at least start to figure out how to tackle this kind of problems by discussing about them with others, I gue...
January 23, 2021 at 12:06
A good idea indeed but...wait... isn't he now asking for help from others in order to improve himself? Is this as simple for him as turning the screwd...
January 23, 2021 at 11:40
A good illustration for what you have said because your reasoning is as circular as that one at the center (or the bigger ones created by the arrows) ...
January 23, 2021 at 11:32
The idea of goals in a life that has "issues until you drop dead" is too vague. There are worthwhile actions rather than goals, at least they are much...
January 23, 2021 at 11:25