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"I've reached the point on Absolute relation. I feel extremely smart and extremely stupid at the same time. Very much a hegelian problem." — Jan 26, 2026 06:42AM
"I've reached the point on Absolute relation. I feel extremely smart and extremely stupid at the same time. Very much a hegelian problem." — Jan 26, 2026 06:42AM
“It's for us that the University exists, for the dispossessed of the world; not for the students, not for the selfless pursuit of knowledge, not for any of the reasons that you hear. We give out the reasons, and we let a few of the ordinary ones in, those that would do in the world; but that's just protective coloration. Like the church in the Middle Ages, which didn't give a damn about the laity or even about God, we have our pretenses in order to survive. And we shall survive—because we have to.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“You are not yet able to serve men, how can you serve spirits?”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.”
― Essays
― Essays
“Shite and onions!”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“The dead are my dark matter, filling up impalpably the empty spaces of the world.”
― Ancient Light
― Ancient Light
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