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We have come to understand the phenomena of life only as an assemblage of the lifeless. We take the mechanistic abstractions of our technical calculation to be ultimately concrete and "fundamentally real," while our most intimate experiences are labelled "mere appearance" and something having reality only within the closet of the isolated mind.
Suppose however we were to invert this whole scheme, reverse the order in which it assigns abstract and concrete. What is central to our experience, th
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― The Illusion of Technique: A Search for Meaning in a Technological Civilization
― The Illusion of Technique: A Search for Meaning in a Technological Civilization
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Nothing lasts forever. The most unforseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you.
Washington A. Roebling quoted by
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― The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
― The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
