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    Questions and Quests: A Short Book of Aphorisms
    Questions and Quests: A Short Book of Aphorisms
    Questions and Quests: A Short Book of Aphorisms
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    Questions and Quests: A Short Book of Aphorisms

    By Robert W. Fuller

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    As my father saw me off to college, he gave me a notebook, in his own hand, titled Pointers. Though I did not accept all his advice, I soon realized that as
    important as what he said was that he said it. If the signposts in this collection stimulate you to clarify your beliefs, then, whether you agree with them or
    not, they will have served a purpose.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert W. Fuller
    Release dateJun 20, 2017
    ISBN9781370500970
    Questions and Quests: A Short Book of Aphorisms
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    Robert W. Fuller

    ROBERT W. Fuller earned his Ph.D. in physics at Princeton University and taught at Columbia, where he co-authored Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics. After serving as president of Oberlin College, he became a “citizen diplomat,” working toward improving international relations during the Cold War. During the 1990s, he served as board chair of the non-profit global corporation Internews and promoted democracy via free and independent media. When the Cold War ended with the collapse of the USSR, Fuller reflected on his career and realized that he had been, at different times in his life, a somebody and a nobody. His periodic sojourns into “Nobodyland” led him to identify rankism—abuse of the power inherent in rank—and ultimately to write SOMEBODIES AND NOBODIES: OVERCOMING THE ABUSE OF RANK. Three years later, he published a sequel that focuses on building a “dignitarian society” titled ALL RISE: SOMEBODIES, NOBODIES, AND THE POLITICS OF DIGNITY. With co-author Pamela Gerloff, he has also published DIGNITY FOR ALL: HOW TO CREATE A WORLD WITHOUT RANKISM. His most recent books are RELIGION AND SCIENCE: A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP?; GENOMES, MENOMES, WENOMES: NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN DIGNITY; THE WISDOM OF SCIENCE; BELONGING: A MEMOIR; THE THEORY OF EVERYBODY; and THE ROWAN TREE: A NOVEL.

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      Questions and Quests - Robert W. Fuller

      Questions and Quests

      Questions and Quests

      A Short Book of Aphorisms

      Robert W. Fuller

      Contents

      Questions and Quests

      Love and Hate

      You and I

      Success and Failure

      Beliefs and Explanations

      Life and Death

      Somebodies and Nobodies

      Dignity and Indignity

      War and Peace

      Fame and Recognition

      Right and Left

      Good and Evil

      The Universe and Us

      Robots and Us

      Beginnings and Endings

      Epilogue: The Nobody Manifesto

      Copyright © 2017 Robert W. Fuller

      Colors: RWF

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval without permission in writing from the author.

      ISBN: 1548154946

      ISBN-13: 978-1548154943

      In Memoriam

      Elisa Cooper [1969–2017]

      Webmaster for www.breakingranks.net and www.robertworksfuller.com, who described herself as my geek Friday, and who faithfully shepherded this book and others from manuscript to

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