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Why J.S. Mill Matters w/ Tara Westover

Past Present Future

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"I think I identified with Mill in as much as it makes sense to even say that," he says. "He represents for me this kind of idea of what a human is or what it means to be alive." He has these ideas that it's all about awe and It's all about wonder, which is such a different standpoint,. Like let's understand. And then there is this other energy that you can have in your life, which was more of a yielding submissive ... But definitely a kind of yielding the Thomas Carlisle, like I am this tiny thing".

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