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  Title: Emile Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau Translated by Barbara Foxley Publisher: JM Dent & Sons, London Year published: 1950 444 pages Some interesting quotes from Emile: 1. To be honest I need not think myself infallible; my opinions, which seem to me true, may be so many lies; for what man is there who does not cling to his own beliefs; and how many men are agreed in everything? 2. We are far more in love with our own fancy than with the object of it. If we saw the object of our affections as it is, there would be no such thing as love. When we cease to love, the person we used to love remains unchanged, but we no longer see with the same eyes; the magic veil is drawn aside, and love disappears. 3. People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. It is plain that an ignorant person thinks everything he does know important, and he tells it to everybody. But a well-educated man is not so ready to display his learning; he would have too m...

  Title: Eureka! Author: Andrew Gregory Publisher: Icon Books, London Year published: 2017 177 pages Eureka! by Andrew Gregory offers a captivating journey through the history of science, focusing on the groundbreaking discoveries and moments of inspiration that have transformed human understanding.  The book sheds light on the lives and works of some of the greatest thinkers, including Archimedes, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, and Einstein, exploring how their revolutionary ideas were born and how they shaped the world. Gregory brings to life the historical and cultural contexts in which these figures lived and worked, detailing the obstacles they faced and the perseverance that drove them forward.  For instance, he describes Archimedes’ contributions to mathematics and engineering, Galileo’s defiance of authority in championing heliocentrism, Newton’s revolutionary laws of motion, Darwin’s struggle to articulate the theory of evolution amidst social and religious resistance...