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The End of History

If Books Could Kill

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The Rise and Fall of Thymus by Fukuyama

The book is completely forgettable because it is very dense philosophy stuff. Fukuyama uses the word thymos or thymus, which originates with Plato to refer to like the human desire to be recognized. By the end of the book, you're reading sentences that don't make sense and also using words that you just learned that have really vague broad meanings.

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