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It was described as a dense and difficult read, inaccessible compared to works by Marcus Aurelius or Seneca. Despite its difficulty, it was mentioned as a significant work by Girard.
Peter Thiel recommends Girard's book, Things Hidden Since the Beginning of the World, which I have read, but let me tell you, it is not Marcus Aurelius or Seneca. It is not accessible. It is so dense....
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It was described as a dense and difficult read, inaccessible compared to works by Marcus Aurelius or Seneca. Despite its difficulty, it was mentioned as a significant work by Girard.
Peter Thiel recommends Girard's book, Things Hidden Since the Beginning of the World, which I have read, but let me tell you, it is not Marcus Aurelius or Seneca. It is not accessible. It is so dense. One of the densest, hardest to read books that I've ever read.
Yeah that's things hidden. In fact several of his books are in the form of dialogues which I think is really interesting but yeah. I like dialogues but this is like what the fuck are you doing? Just write it as you.
And Gerard let's be honest he's an academic and he's got a very odd kind of obscure style where he never does seem to say what he means.