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The sun and its cruelty. How it’s kept its distance and kept us alive. Not needing to know anything about what we do with the rest of desire.
“Ала подобна решителност да се отдаде отвъд знанието, отвъд освобождаващото и възпиращо познание, не води ли от друга страна до опростяване, до свеждане на душевната вселена до нравствена наивност, а следователно и до засилване на влечението към злото, към запретеното, към нравствено невъзможното? И няма ли в такъв стил известно двуличие? Не е ли той едновременно нравствен и безнравствен: нравствен като резултат и израз на строга дисцплина, а безнравствен, и дори противонравствен дотолкова, доколкото по природа крие в себе си известно морално безразличие, нещо повече - като явно се стреми да подчини моралността на своята горда и неограничена власт?”
― Death in Venice
― Death in Venice
“In certain almost supernatural states of mind, the profundity of life is revealed in its entirety in the spectacle, common as it may be, that we have before our eyes. It becomes the symbol of it.”
― My Heart Laid Bare
― My Heart Laid Bare
“I could see life as tragic or comic depending on my blood sugar level but always saw it as meaningless. I felt I was a tragedian locked in the body of a stand-up comic. A mute, inglorious Milton. But only if you meant Milton Berle.”
― Apropos of Nothing
― Apropos of Nothing
“Like Bertrand Russell, I feel a great sadness for the human race. Unlike Bertrand Russell, I can’t do long division.”
― Apropos of Nothing
― Apropos of Nothing
“...reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part in a well-conducted dialogue in which such minds reveal to us only the best of their thoughts”
― Discourse on Method
― Discourse on Method
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