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New read-along—Philosophical Investigations
by Ludwig Wittgenstein
17 hrs ago • 
Robert Boyd Skipper
Candide, or Optimism—Voltaire
Hypocritical authority at its finest
Dec 4 • 
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November 2025

Read-Along—The Republic (14 of 14)
608c – 621d, or, "Chapter 14: Rewards Now and Hereafter"
Nov 28 • 
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Read-Along—The Republic (13 of 14)
595a – 608b, or, "Chapter 13: Poetry and Unreality"
Nov 21 • 
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Read-Along—The Republic (12 of 14)
576c – 592b, or, "Chapter 12: Happiness and Unhappiness"
Nov 15 • 
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Slaughterhouse Five—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Pilgrim's Ingress
Nov 9 • 
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Read-Along—The Republic (11 of 14)
543a – 576b, or, "Chapter 11: Warped Minds, Warped Societies"
Nov 7 • 
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The End of the Affair—Graham Greene
In the end, the affair hardly matters
Nov 2 • 
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October 2025

Read-Along—The Republic (10 of 14)
521c – 541b, or, "Chapter 10: Educating Philosopher Kings"
Oct 31 • 
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Read-Along—The Republic (9 of 14)
502d – 521b, or, "Chapter 9: The Supremacy of Good"
Oct 24 • 
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The Magic Mountain—Thomas Mann
This shouldn't take any time at all
Oct 20 • 
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Read-Along—The Republic (8 of 14)
471c – 502c, or, "Chapter 8: Philosopher Kings"
Oct 17 • 
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