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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
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Neuroscience
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For anyone interested in the sciences of the brain, i.e. neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychology and so forth.
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