Van Trinh @vtrinh85

The Key to Life: In 365 Quotes - Now available on Amazon vantrinh.com Earth Joined February 2013

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The World as Will and Representation, Volume II by Arthur Schopenhauer. For 70 years, the only unabridged English translation of this work was by Haldane-Kemp. In 1958, a new translation by E. F. J. Payne appeared which decisively supplanted the older one. #DailyMotivation

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Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical works of the nineteenth century, the basic statement of one important stream of post-Kantian thought and without question Schopenhauer's greatest work. #DailyMotivation

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2010: Odyssey Two is a 1982 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It is the sequel to his 1968 novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, though Clarke changed some elements of the story to align with the film version of 2001. #DailyMotivation

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7 months ago

Space explorers and scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter with alien intelligence. It will kindle their wildest dreams and fan their darkest fears. For no one knows who the Ramans are or why they have come and now the moment of rendezvous awaits #DailyMotivation

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7 months ago

On the Moon an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for the 1st time men are sent out deep into our solar system. But long before their destination is reached things go horribly wrong. 1ofthe greatest-selling science fiction novels of our time

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7 months ago

Clarke's masterful evocation of the far future of humanity, considered his finest novel. Men had built cities before but never such a city as Diaspar. For millennia its protective dome shut out danger of the world outside. Once it held powers that rule the stars. #DailyMotivation

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8 months ago

The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city—intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began. #DailyMotivation

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8 months ago

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle argues that happiness consists in ‘activity of the soul in accordance with virtue', for example with moral virtues, such as courage, generosity and justice, and intellectual virtues, such as knowledge, wisdom and insight. #DailyMotivation

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8 months ago

Politics by Aristotle: What is the relationship of the individual to the state? What is the ideal state, and how can it bring about the most desirable life for its citizens? What sort of education should it provide? What is the purpose of amassing wealth? #DailyMotivation

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8 months ago

Hugh Lawson-Tancred's masterly translation makes De Anima fully accessible to modern readers. In his introduction, he places Aristotle's theories at the heart of contemporary debates on the philosophy of life and being. #DailyMotivation

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8 months ago

Aristotle's Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthetics and literary criticism, it stems much of our modern understanding of the creation and impact of imaginative writing, including poetry, drama & fiction. #DailyMotivation

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8 months ago

My new book, "365 Quotes To Help Get You Through 2025," is out today on Amazon: amazon.com/dp/B0DTJ57DG8 I've never been great at marketing myself, so here it is (for free) in its entirety: vantrinh.com/365-quotes-to-… It's a great book, see for yourself.

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8 months ago

Metaphysics by Aristotle. Sachs translates Aristotle with an authenticity that was lost when Aristotle was translated into Latin and abstract Latin words came to stand for concepts Aristotle expressed with phrases in everyday Greek language. #DailyMotivation

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8 months ago

Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war & an eloquent testament to the human spirit. #DailyMotivation @AnneFrankCenter @annefrankhouse @AnneFrankTrust

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8 months ago

Published in 1990, when the New York Times named it one of 14 "Best Books of the Year" Judith Hemschemeyer's translation is the definitive edition, and has sold over 13,000 copies making it one of the most successful poetry titles of recent years @AnnaAkhmatova7 #DailyMotivation

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8 months ago

Written in the middle of his career, Idylls of the King is Tennyson's longest and most ambitious work. Reflecting his lifelong interest in Arthurian themes, his primary sources were Malory's Morte d'Arthur and the Welsh Mabinogion. #DailyMotivation

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8 months ago

The Charge of the Light Brigade is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. He wrote the original on Dec 2 1854 and it was published on Dec 9 1854 in The Examiner. #DailyMotivation

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In Memoriam is Tennyson's tribute to his friend Arthur Henry Hallam who died at the age of 22, written over a period of 17 years. #DailyMotivation

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8 months ago

Inspired by the short prose text 'La Damigella di Scalot' from the 13th-century, it tells the tragic story of Elaine of Astolat, a young noblewoman stranded in a tower up the river from Camelot. It is one of Tennyson's most famous and memorable works. #DailyMotivation