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“Irony means taking an objective or inverted view of oneself or of something belonging to oneself and discovering oddness in that.”
“True knowledge is not to be had solely through a combat against error, bad faith and untruth, but more generally, through a combat against the illusions inherent in the sensible world.”
― A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living
― A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living
“Unbendingness can also be monomania, it can ca be tyranny, and also it can be brittle, whereas what is flexible can also be humane, and strong enough to last.”
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“...we are longtime outcasts, flying through the emptiness of time in a straight line.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Each tradition grows more venerable the farther its origin lies in the past, the more it is forgotten; the respect paid to the tradition accumulates from generation to generation; finally the origin becomes sacred and awakens awe.”
― Aphorisms on Love and Hate
― Aphorisms on Love and Hate
“The present moment is the only dimension of existence worth inhabiting, because it is the only one available to us. (...)
Yet we live virtually all of our lives somewhere between memories, and aspirations, nostalgia and expectations.”
― A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living
Yet we live virtually all of our lives somewhere between memories, and aspirations, nostalgia and expectations.”
― A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living
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