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From The Saviors of God (1927; English 1960):
"We have seen the highest circle of spiraling powers. We have
named this circle God. We might have given it any other name
we wished: Abyss, Mystery, Absolute Darkness, Absolute Light,
Matter, Spirit, Ultimate Hope, Ultimate Despair, Silence.
We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval, life."
Greece has an exquisite modern philosophical background. Wherever you go, each island or mountain you visit, you will discover a very singular moral status. Sometimes, Greece is incongruous with the characterisation " a ...more
"We have seen the highest circle of spiraling powers. We have
named this circle God. We might have given it any other name
we wished: Abyss, Mystery, Absolute Darkness, Absolute Light,
Matter, Spirit, Ultimate Hope, Ultimate Despair, Silence.
We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval, life."
Greece has an exquisite modern philosophical background. Wherever you go, each island or mountain you visit, you will discover a very singular moral status. Sometimes, Greece is incongruous with the characterisation " a ...more
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