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“If one were at every moment conscious of what one knew - if, for example, the sentiment of foundationlessness were both continual and intense - one would kill oneself or allow oneself to slip into imbecility. One exits thanks to the moments when one forgets certain truths.”
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“Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui.”
― A Short History of Decay
― A Short History of Decay
“And this nothing, this everything, cannot give life a meaning, but it nonetheless makes life persevere in what it is: a state of non-suicide.”
― A Short History of Decay
― A Short History of Decay
“A human being possessed by a belief and not eager to pass it on to others is a phenomenon alien to the earth, where our mania for salvation makes life unbreathable... Everyone trying to remedy everyone's life. Society- an inferno of saviors!”
― A Short History of Decay
― A Short History of Decay
“Whereas all beings have their place in nature, man remains a metaphysically straying creature, lost in Life, a stranger to the Creation.”
― A Short History of Decay
― A Short History of Decay
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Stone Bridge Press was established in Berkeley, California, in 1989. We now have some 150 titles in print, covering such Japan-related areas as langua ...more
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