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“…what things may be in themselves, I know not, and need not know because a thing is never presented to me otherwise than as a phenomena.”
― Critique of Pure Reason
― Critique of Pure Reason
“Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.”
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“Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from?”
― Escape from Freedom
― Escape from Freedom
“The great Leonardo remained like a child for the whole of his life…Even as an adult he continued to play, and this is why he often appeared uncanny and incomprehensible to his contemporaries.”
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“Unlimited possibilities are not suited to man; if they existed, his life would only dissolve in the boundless. To become strong, a man’s life needs the limitations ordained by duty and voluntarily accepted. The individual attains significance as a free spirit only by surrounding himself with these limitations and by determining for himself what his duty is.”
― The I Ching or Book of Changes
― The I Ching or Book of Changes
Ali’s 2025 Year in Books
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