Some people really love annotations in books. Personally, I don't write in my books or dog-ear them or anything, I take notes separately in a Google doc. Sorry, you can't read it!

Yes, Epicurus was unusual in his era for putting forth a mechanistic, deterministic theory of the universe, governed by natural laws, not functioning pursuant to teleological "final causes" in the Aristotelian sense. The Aristotelian desire to describe the universe in terms of purposes and telos would persist in Europe until the early modern period.

>If all our decisions can be traced back to genetics, situational and nurture; aren’t those variables beyond our own control anyway?

This is in fact the thrust of Galen Strawson's major argument, which I find to be pretty compelling.

The article basically allows that we don't have freedom to do otherwise but says that free will is still a useful psychological concept, which is true. But it doesn't help proponents of libertarian free will.

definitely read the book. It's great

Frisch weht der Wind

Der Heimat zu,

Mein Irisch Kind

Wo weilest du?

>People consider CoHo to be a writer for people who don't read books

similar to how Rupi Kaur is a poet for people who don't read poetry.

it is not complicated. They are far and away the bestselling fiction in the country right now, and yet many people think they're not good. Hence, they are divisive.

thanks for that information, that's cool.

I live in Washington state, I can confirm... this is how the Cascades look, it's stunning and I wish I spent more time there

Does anyone really believe that HBO content executives are in the board room saying, "We need more incest shows! Bring me incest!"

I don't think it's a strategy. They're just known for allowing writers to make stories that have challenging or taboo content.