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read in July 2026
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(page 37 of 384)
"Gezegd wordt dat ze elkaar 'boete en herstel schenken' voor hun opeenvolgende intrusies, waarbij het hete en het droge het koude en het natte verdrijven." — Jul 04, 2026 08:47AM
"Gezegd wordt dat ze elkaar 'boete en herstel schenken' voor hun opeenvolgende intrusies, waarbij het hete en het droge het koude en het natte verdrijven." — Jul 04, 2026 08:47AM
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"Der Begriff »Sein« ist undefinierbar. Dies schloß man aus seiner höchsten Allgemeinheit.
(1)Vgl. Pascal, Pensées et Opuscules (ed. Brunschvicg)6, Paris 1912, S. 169: On ne peut entreprendre de définir l’être sans tomber dans cette absurdité: car on ne peut définir un mot sans commencer par celui-ci, c’est, soit qu’on l’exprime ou qu’on le sous-entende. Donc pour définir l’être, il faudrait dire c’est, et ainsi employ" — Jul 04, 2026 09:04AM
"Der Begriff »Sein« ist undefinierbar. Dies schloß man aus seiner höchsten Allgemeinheit.
(1)Vgl. Pascal, Pensées et Opuscules (ed. Brunschvicg)6, Paris 1912, S. 169: On ne peut entreprendre de définir l’être sans tomber dans cette absurdité: car on ne peut définir un mot sans commencer par celui-ci, c’est, soit qu’on l’exprime ou qu’on le sous-entende. Donc pour définir l’être, il faudrait dire c’est, et ainsi employ" — Jul 04, 2026 09:04AM
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
― I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked
“What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!”
― A Few Figs from Thistles
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!”
― A Few Figs from Thistles
“Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The more radical the person is, the more fully he or she enters into reality so that, knowing it better, he or she can transform it. This individual is not afraid to confront, to listen, to see the world unveiled. This person is not afraid to meet the people or to enter into a dialogue with them. This person does not consider himself or herself the proprietor of history or of all people, or the liberator of the oppressed; but he or she does commit himself or herself, within history, to fight at their side.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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