A philosophy has a practical power: it contributes to the changing of the world.
~ Umberto Eco
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Monthly Archives: February 2025
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The Fascist system has to carry on persistently the task begun by the Fascist Movement: the destruction of the democratic parties, organisations, and institutions in society. Fascism must then proceed to attempt to change the nature of human consciousness itself.
~ Karl Polanyi
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Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
~ Peter Drucker
Campus Life at
Villanova University
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The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
~ Will Rogers
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions! The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and when they can pick it up. Armed uprising by itself has never yet led to revolution.
~ Hannah Arendt
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Film History 101: Meet Me In St. Louis – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
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A university isn’t a state—it can’t simply impose its rules with force. It’s a special kind of community whose legitimacy depends on mutual recognition in a spirit of reason, openness, and tolerance. At the heart of this spirit is free speech, which means more than just chanting, but free speech can’t thrive in an atmosphere of constant harassment.
~ George Packer via The Atlantic
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Happy Dominican Independence Day
Wishing all of our readers in the Dominican Republic a Happy Independence Day. Today – February 27 – is a public holiday in the Dominican Republic.
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