Donald E. Brown
debrown44.bsky.social
Donald E. Brown
@debrown44.bsky.social
Literary Blogger, Author, Content Writer
“One of the pleasantest things in the world,” wrote William Hazlitt, “is going on a journey, but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone”
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February 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM
“I shall wait on Faustus whilst he lives, So he will buy my service with his soul.”

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February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
“We shall proclaim destruction..we’ll break everything..The world will weep…it will see that it’s perishing…The our man will come forth.. take the reins….the stronger will seize power”

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February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
While reading the works of Cicero, it dawned on me that in a society envisioned by the “make America great again” crowd Cicero would probably have his tongue cut out.

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February 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
The Enlightenment(1680-1790) was the foundation-head of religious tolerance, freedom of thought, speech, and press. Look at us now!

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February 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Raymond Aron, a French contemporary and schoolmate of Jean-Paul Sartre, opined, there would always be men tempted to overthrow or undermine a free society.

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February 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Why did Rome fall: Overextension of military commitments? Centralization of decision-making? Pursue of luxury and blatant corruption? Check out Gibbon’s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

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February 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The ability of the Iroquois to live in harmony with nature and create a democratic decision-making process, refined Paine’s thinking on how to organize a society.

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February 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
February 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Reposted by Donald E. Brown
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

— Albert Einstein
February 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
“..the air is impregnated with the flesh bitter-sweet fragrance of wormwood,…”

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February 5, 2026 at 8:31 PM
An independent thinker doesn’t accept societal norms, propaganda, or trends.

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February 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
“Philosophers from Socrates onwards,” noted John Gray, “have never tired asking why anyone should be moral. A more interesting question is why anyone should be prudent.”

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February 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Reposted by Donald E. Brown
An intellectual who won’t challenge authority when it is wrong has already chosen a side.
February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“Illiterate and semi-illiterate people are condemned not only to poverty,” noted E.D.Hirsch, “but also to the powerlessness of incomprehension.”

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February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Meet Adèle, a cheerless Parisian wife and mother, who day dreams of a free, glamorous, and extravagant life as she secretly sleeps with a string of men.

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February 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Tolstoy’s Resurrection takes us on a journey through imperial Russia’s corrupt and dehumanizing social structure, particularly the judicial and penal system.

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February 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
“Violence is initiated by those who oppress, who exploit, who fail to recognize others as persons—not by those who are oppressed, exploited, and unrecognized”

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February 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM