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Rob Riemen makes his case for Nietzsche.
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Use the Socratic method on yourself, Riemen says.
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Riemen frames contemporary life and the values that construct our society.
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Riemen invokes Indiana Jones to explain his personal philosophy of life.
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The ability of a great man to change his mind.
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Rob Riemen emphasizes the roots of democracy as first articulated by the Greeks.
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Riemen hopes to raise essential questions about the quality of information, in some small way, restore meaning to language.
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The most essential things in life are beyond definition, Riemen says.
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The constancy of fragility.
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Riemen heads the Nexus Institute, a place to discuss life’s big questions.
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Rob Riemen explains the formative influence of Thomas Mann.
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Veering down the track like a girl veering down a cobbled street in the meat-packing district, high heels from the night before, black shawl of black-tipped hairs…
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When the master was calling the roll At the primary school in Collegelands, You were meant to call back Anseo And raise your hand As your name occurred..
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Muldoon tells us about “Rackett.”
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It takes Muldoon ages to write a sentence.
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Muldoon recommends Michael Dickman and Kathleen Graber, among others.
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Muldoon believes that a great poem can come out of nowhere.
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We are tiny little organisms that, if we are lucky, says Muldoon, “might have half dozen obsessions on which we can draw.”