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If I were not Diogenes, I wish I were Alexander. Founding Team https://t.co/J40uR2aKAC Philosophy & CS @Columbia

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Book Cover for: The Scapegoat, René Girard

The Scapegoat

René Girard
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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

$32.95$16.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Purgatorio, Dante Alighieri

Purgatorio

Dante Alighieri
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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

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Battling to the End: Conversations with Benoit Chantre, René Girard

Battling to the End: Conversations with Benoit Chantre

René Girard
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… 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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