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her entire life was merely a continuation of her mother’s,
Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress.
Hera-clitus’ (“You can’t step twice into the same river”)
What if she had a man who ordered her about? A man who wanted to master her? How long would she put up with him? Not five minutes!
invisible Venice of shit
Will he be wiser? Is maturity within man’s power? Can he attain it through repetition?
Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.
The responsibility for shit, however, rests entirely with Him, the Creator of man.
Even though Genesis says that God gave man dominion over all animals, we can also construe it to mean that He merely entrusted them to man’s care.
True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind’s true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.
