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Michael Curran

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I was born in 1963, and live in Sydney. My occupation is full-time loser. My favourite books are Shakespeare and the ... moreI was born in 1963, and live in Sydney. My occupation is full-time loser. My favourite books are Shakespeare and the Bible, my favourite novelist is Dostoyevsky, favourite poet: Yeats, favourite painter: Matisse, favourite sculptor: Brancusi, architect: Le Corbusier, composer: Mozart, favourite thinker: Pascal, favourite word: and. The philosophy I most admire but don’t understand is Taoism, the religion I most admire but don’t practise is Hinduism, the virtue I most admire but don’t have is courage. I enjoy swimming and walking.edit
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Amusement, Enlightenment, Wisdom, Pleasure, Duty, and 9 moreAnti-humanism, Illusions, Prudence, Utility, Rivalry, Superfluity, Futility, The purpose of life, and Means and Ends

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Death, Risk, Dying, Time, Live Dangerously, and 2 moreLoss & Resilience and Immortality by Repute

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Conformity, Art for Art's Sake, The value of life, Truth & Beauty, Banality Evil & Good, and 2 moreThe Sterility of Virtue and Aesthetic Redemption

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Kitsch, The Sublime, Nostalgia, Sentimentality, Clichés, and 2 moreConsumer Capitalism and Kitsch & Modernism

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Sincerity, Experience, Fantasy, Psychology of Prejudice, Hypocrisy, and 2 moreImitations and Nature & Convention

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Prejudice, Illusions, Lies, and Disillusion

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Imitation, Repetition, Genius, mediocrity, Originality & Novelty, and 2 moreUses of Obsession and Genius & Madness

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Scepticism, Cynicism, Rivalry, Superstition, Freethinking in Islam, and 2 moreSuspicion and Malice

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Education, Reading, Thinking, Solitude, Habit, and 6 moreMethod, Consistency, Wonder, Anecdote, Uses of Boredom, and We Scholars

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Faith, Stupidity, Opinion, Superficiality, and Psychology of Belief

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Technology, Enlightenment, Consumerism, Humanism, Optimism, and 4 moreProgress, Ecological collapse, The Greedy Apocalypse, and The Tragedy of Good Intentions

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Liberalism, Class, Politics, Nationalism, Equality, and 8 moreDemocracy, Individualism, War, Imperialism, Meritocracy, Reactionary, Demagogues, and Remembering the Past

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Conscience, Tolerance, Shame, Forgiveness, Rationalization, and 3 moreGuilt, Innocence, and Remorse

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Pity, Indignation, Indifference, Psychology of Empathy, and Self-Pity

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Justice, Altruism, Courage, Gratitude, Duty, and 4 moreSelf-control, Generosity, Virtues, and Self-Interest & Hypocrisy

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Cruelty, Revenge, Corruption, Envy, Greed, and 3 moreCowardice, Vices, and Treachery

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Heroism, Leisure, Independence, Vocation, Work, and Self-Reliance

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Shame, Embarrassment, Self-Doubt, Humility, and Modesty

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Celebrity, Fame, Enthusiasm, Flattery, and Praise

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Self-Esteem, Vanity, Destiny, and Perfectibility

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Pride, Self-Esteem, Egoism, and Conceit

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Resilience, Failure, Prudence, Success, and the bitch goddess Success

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Self-interest, cunning, self-regard

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Happiness, psychology of unhappiness, optimism & pessimism

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Religion, Christianity, Paganism, Faith, Miracles, and 4 moreProvidence, Immortality of the Soul, Messiah, and Psychology of Belief

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Psychology, Habit, Grief, Consolation, Freud & the unconscious, and 4 moreHope & Despair, Love & Friendship, Memory & Nostalgia, and Youth & Age

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Self-Knowledge, Self-deception, Shame/Guilt, and Secrets & Self-Concealment

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Poetry, Sincerity, Character, Irony, Style, and 4 moreAphorisms, Prose, Poetry of Language, and Clarity & Simplicity

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Aesthetics, Standards, Modernism, Tradition, Beauty, and 5 morePopularity, Classicism, Taste, bad taste, and Genres & Periods

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Publication Date: 2019

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Aesthetics, Art, Metaphor, Imagination, Inspiration, and 3 moreArt & Belief, Effects of Art on the Emotions, and Art & Morality

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