"I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles."

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"I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles."

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"The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because you could make exactly the same claim about racial or ethnic or religious minorities."

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"Certain readers resented me when they could no longer recognize their territory, their institution."

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