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  1. The modern state - always keener on building prisons than preventing the need for them. about 11 hours ago from web
  2. I will be speaking on Work at the LSE, London, Thurs, 6.30pm: http://bit.ly/8ygKpT 11:19 AM Nov 22nd from web
  3. 'The ultimate test of a man's character is the health of his wife', Cyril Connolly 12:11 PM Nov 20th from web
  4. Great German word: Torschlusspanik - literally, the fear of the door shutting, of options and time running out: http://tinyurl.com/yfqu3dk 1:54 AM Nov 19th from web
  5. Only if we had believed that God once existed would the recognition of God's non-existence mean that now anything might now be possible. 8:23 AM Nov 17th from web
  6. Writing: a field where the consequences of mediocrity are considerably more serious than in banking or the law. 11:24 AM Nov 16th from mobile web
  7. In a democracy, judgements about values tremble before the question: ‘And who are you to tell me how to live?’ 5:36 AM Nov 16th from web
  8. Moralism: dogmatic insistence on a largely wrong-headed philosophy of right and wrong. Morality: right and wrong. 5:30 AM Nov 16th from web
  9. The fear of moralism has made us suspicious of all morality. 5:09 AM Nov 16th from web
  10. A defence of the nanny state: http://tinyurl.com/yc5jo4j 1:43 PM Nov 9th from web
  11. Plans for a Religion for Atheists: http://tinyurl.com/yctmlla 10:17 AM Nov 6th from web
  12. A little piece I wrote on that centre-piece of office life, the meeting: http://tinyurl.com/y9qbw4y 9:28 AM Nov 5th from web
  13. AdB in Greece; I'm in Athens, Thur 12 Nov, lecturing @ 8pm, Hotel Grande Bretagne, Syntagma Square - please come along! 5:10 AM Nov 5th from web
  14. Love your children and they will be able to outgrow you. Ignore your children and they will be obsessed with you for life. 8:51 AM Nov 2nd from web
  15. Wisdom - that part of knowledge that isn't only true, but also happens to be helpful. 7:37 AM Nov 2nd from web
  16. Had an interview with the Canadian journalist, Nora Young: http://bit.ly/2KNRVM 11:43 AM Nov 1st from web
  17. George Orwell: 'by 40 everyone has the face they deserve'. That's as misguided as saying that by 40 everyone has the life they deserve. 1:07 PM Oct 31st from web
  18. A very consoling book for anyone (me) troubled by 40: Christopher Hamilton's philosophical essay, Middle Age: http://tinyurl.com/ye478yy 12:55 PM Oct 31st from web
  19. Productive moments of the day: have any great things ever been achieved between 3 and 4pm? 1:46 AM Oct 29th from web
  20. Man: dust postponed. 1:43 AM Oct 29th from web