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We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that read more
We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that can be apprehended; in a single being that includes all, above all in the one which is itself the all.
Death is the tyrant of the imagination.
Death is the tyrant of the imagination.
An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the
herd.
[Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.
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An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the
herd.
[Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf.
Und wer Vorderste ist, fuhrt die Heerde.]
Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, read more
Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known.
We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known.
If this were a logical world, men would ride side saddle.
If this were a logical world, men would ride side saddle.
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
