what remained of the unified forces split into the “electroweak” and the “strong nuclear” forces. Later still, the electroweak force split into the electromagnetic and the “weak nuclear” forces, laying bare the four distinct forces we have
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“That is the moral of both narratives: follow the rules until you are capable of being a shining exemplar of what they represent, but break them when those very rules now constitute the most dire impediment to the embodiment of their central virtues.”
― Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
― Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
“It is erroneous to assume that the primacy of contemplation is responsible for the reduction of the vita activa to labour. Rather, we must assume that human action is reduced to mere activity and labour precisely by losing all of its contemplative aspects. Arendt mistakenly represents contemplation as an arresting of all movement and action, as a passive rest which makes any form of vita activa appear as restlessness.”
― The Scent of Time: A Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering
― The Scent of Time: A Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering
“la política posee dos dimensiones: una vinculada con la polis, el diálogo o el acuerdo, y otra relativa al polemos, a la lucha y al conflicto a fin de cuentas irreductible.”
― Pensar el malestar: La crisis de octubre y la cuestión constitucional
― Pensar el malestar: La crisis de octubre y la cuestión constitucional
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
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