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Ishmael
by Daniel Quinn
Such interesting and provocative ideas, theories, and arguments. This is a book for a book group, a class - at least a couple of people and a bottle of wine. It reminded me immediately of “Sophie’s World” because of the heavy doses of philosophy , and “My Dinner with Andre” for the near lack of plot. The first made me revel in it, the latter nearly bored me to tears. Skip the preface. As an apology it includes spoilers, and as anything else it is self-congratulatory. The afterward is only slightly better.
“I’m saying that the price you’ve paid is not the price of becoming human. It’s not even the price of having the things you just mentioned. It’s the price of enacting a story that casts mankind as the enemy of the world.”
“I’m saying that the price you’ve paid is not the price of becoming human. It’s not even the price of having the things you just mentioned. It’s the price of enacting a story that casts mankind as the enemy of the world.”