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I enjoyed this piece and your library of aphorisms. This one has been on my mind for several days: God is the self idealized, and I am God unrealized.

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Thank you, Rachael! That one is a synthesis of my own thinking on religion and Kant's arguments in Religion Within the Bounds of Mere Reason — super helpful to hear what stuck with you.

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The family relations between aphorisms and maxims :D Learnt so much from this one!

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Thank you, Henri!

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This is top-class writing, Garrett. Loved how this turned out!

Especially: "In the same way a novelist compresses their lessons into characters, non-fiction writers compress their ideas into aphorisms, like a naturalist painter communicating the majesty of Yosemite through a four-foot by three-foot frame. The painting won't take you there, but it dares you to go."

You're really talented man -- hard to break down something so complex, so simply.

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Hey Tommy, thank you! Your feedback was so helpful. That line you like only emerged because I was following your suggestion of focusing on fewer metaphors and making those better. I appreciate you spending time on this piece and for your kind words.

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