Elie Wiesel

Died: July 2, 2016, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Eliezer Wiesel was a writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Nazi concentration camps.

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Latest Post Survival of the Luckiest by Christopher Bramley public
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It Adds Up

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Our cumulative description of the Universe is anchored in a Mathematics of sorts, an arrangement of beauty, testable and absolute. This is the holy grail of the Platonic ideal dating back to Pythagoras.

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Fred Hoyle

Living within the State of Contention

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The stars and stripes are on display for all to see and appreciate. The contentious state of affairs is locked and loaded. In the case of conflict, a "civil" war could emerge out of a hotbed of anger.

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Long Term or Short Term?

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Denis Diderot
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The Original Heideggerian Wood-Cutter

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Dante
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Opposites Attract Attention

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Elie Wiesel
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Gratitude (according to Cicero)

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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For Better Rather Than Worse

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Elie Wiesel
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The Tragic Trajectory of Silence

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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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There's a Lot Wrong With This Statement

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Elie Wiesel
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Virtue is Malignant

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Georg Büchner