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“The scholar, who really does nothing but 'trundle' books [...] finally loses the ability to think for himself. [...] He replies to a stimulus (a thought he has read) when he thinks - finally he does nothing but react. [...] he himself no longer thinks. [...] 'read to ruins”
― Why I Am so Clever
― Why I Am so Clever
“Ultimately, no one can extract from things, books included, more than he already knows. What one has no access to through experience one has no ear for.”
― Why I Am so Clever
― Why I Am so Clever
“Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it’s not clear that he ever really did.”
― The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
― The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
“Pourquoi devrais-je me débarrasser de mon fantôme?”
― Petit éloge des fantômes
― Petit éloge des fantômes
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