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"I don't mind academic prose at all, but this is a bit overwritten - e.g., on page 19: "in the light of retrospection". In my experience, even in educated company, one says "in retrospect"." — Jul 13, 2026 11:13PM
"I don't mind academic prose at all, but this is a bit overwritten - e.g., on page 19: "in the light of retrospection". In my experience, even in educated company, one says "in retrospect"." — Jul 13, 2026 11:13PM
“[D]er Zusammenhang des Unendlichen und des Endlichen ist freilich ein heiliges Geheimnis, weil dieser Zusammenhang das Leben selbst ist; die Reflexion, die das Leben trennt, kann es in Unendliches und Endliches unterscheiden, und nur die Beschränkung, das Endliche für sich betrachtet gibt den Begriff des Menschen als dem Göttlichen entgegengesetzt; außerhalb der Reflexion, in der Wahrheit findet sie nicht statt.”
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“Man mag sich stellen, wie man will, und man denkt sich immer sehend. Ich glaube, der Mensch träumt nur, damit er nicht aufhöre zu sehen. Es könnte wohl sein, daß das innere Licht einmal aus uns herausträte, so daß wir keines andern mehr bedürften.”
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“The thing about meditation is: You become more and more you.”
― Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
― Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
“But he who, having no touch of the Muses' madness in his soul, comes to the door and thinks that he will get into the temple by the help of art—he, I say, and his poetry are not admitted; the sane man disappears and is nowhere when he enters into rivalry with the madman.”
― Phaedrus
― Phaedrus
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