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My successes are not my own. The way to them was prepared by others. The fruit of my labors is not my own: for I am preparing the way for the achievements of another.1
What I have written here makes no claim to novelty in detail, and the reason I give no sources is that it is a matter of indifference to me whether the thoughts that I have had have been anticipated by someone else. 2
A combined bibliography and linkroll. We all swim in a sea of voices. Crediting the one who first said each combination of words we say would be impossible. And pointless – the proper reward for constructing an original thought is the beauty of the thought, not the praise of the thinker by others. To the extent reasonable and helpful I will document the work of others that has inspired me, and not knowingly claim the words of another as my own.
- lesswrong
- The collected writings of a community of rationalists. If you find my words unhelpful or inconsistent with your experiences, then you should look here. They present a well-considered world-view that is very different from my own. This community is also an example of an evolution in the development of schools of thought – a group that sprung up around the ideas of a single thinker that then collaborates on the development of that body of thought, as opposed to the traditional development of a school of thought in which years and perhaps generations pass between the publication of books furthering the school.
- No Man Is An Island
- Thomas Merton’s meditations on religious practice.
- Religion and Politics
- Andrew Sullivan’s essay on a definition of religion and the changing relationship between religion and politics.