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Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

By David Mitchell

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“History is not, after all, what really happened (no one can know; it’s gone), but only what we believe happened.”

Chapters: 65. Simplicity: the Hidden Power of Goodness

Themes: History

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“The soul is a verb, not a noun.”

Chapters: 13. Honor and Disgrace

Themes: Creativity

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“Naming, even in ridicule, gives what is named substance.”

Chapters: 1. The Unnamed

Themes: Lies Illusion

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“Science itself is in the early stages of becoming sentient... the days are coming when science shall transform what it is to be a human being.”

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Themes: Science

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“Science, like a general, is identifying its enemies: received wisdom and untested assumptions; superstition and quackery; the tyrants' fear of educated commoners; and , most pernicious of all, man's fondness for fooling himself.”

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