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Normative laws like “thou shalt not kill” are ideals or principles which can, and have been, disobeyed. However, laws of thoughts which are necessary facts, in which everything (including my and your mind) participates in, that cannot be disobeyed.

“Ces feuilles les détromperont. Publiées peut-être un jour, elles arrêteront quelques moments leur esprit sur les souffrances de l’esprit.” (p.73)

Voici donc le but explicite de “ces feuilles.”

Genesis finished in middle of January. Job finished February 5th. And Exodus started today (February 6th).

“All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television.” (p. 30)

“Je lisais la ‘vraie’ littérature, et je recopiais des phrases, des vers, qui, je croyais, exprimaient mon ‘âme’, l’indicible de ma vie…” (p.79)

Interesting chapter on assumptions and inferences. It vindicated many things I was already doing and noticing.

Also, it highlighted the connection between ignorance and harm to oneself and others in the concept of activated ignorance.