Johnathan Bi Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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If I were not Diogenes, I wish I were Alexander. Founding Team https://t.co/J40uR2aKAC Philosophy & CS @Columbia

The Scapegoat
René Girard
How do we establish peace amidst chaos? Philosopher René Girard's answer is: scapegoating. By violently murdering an innocent victim. Our lecture on the Scapegoat Mechanism is live: https://t.co/Uudi1nkbqt https://t.co/aXY7PQQbph
Paperback, 1989
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Purgatorio
Dante Alighieri
One of my favorite lines in Dante's Purgatorio, an exhortation against avarice: "Tell us Crassus, since you know, what is the taste of gold?"
Paperback, 2004
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Battling to the End: Conversations with Benoit Chantre
René Girard
… In fact, the dispute is between two forms of capitalism that are becoming MORE AND MORE SIMILAR." - René Girard, Battling to the End, 2007
Paperback, 2009
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