Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Philip K. Dick

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Topic

Nature of reality

Speaker

Philip K. Dick

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dick, Phillip. "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later." 1978, Disneyland, Anaheim, CA, USA. Speech.

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Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1973 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

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Author

Thomas Hobbes
Source
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Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 6.

Current Citation

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