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“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
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“Karl Marx was right, socialism works, it is just that he had the wrong species”
― The Ants
― The Ants
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
― The Origins of Totalitarianism
― The Origins of Totalitarianism
“The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science.”
― Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
― Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
“Nicht die Wahrheit, in deren Besitz irgend ein Mensch ist oder zu sein vermeinet, sondern die aufrichtige Mühe, die er angewandt hat, hinter die Wahrheit zu kommen, macht den Wert des Menschen.”
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Contemporary German Writers
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Anyone who is interested in German literature is welcome in this group :) The focus is on contemporary German authors even though classical works won’ ...more
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