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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
“Listen,' I said finally, 'when are you going to leave?”
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“You begin in light, and end in wisdom, if the Gods prevail. Otherwise, light.”
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“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
“Durch alle Wesen reicht der eine Raum:
Weltinnenraum. Die Vögel fliegen still
durch uns hindurch. O, der ich wachsen will,
ich seh hinaus, und in mir wächst der Baum.”
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Weltinnenraum. Die Vögel fliegen still
durch uns hindurch. O, der ich wachsen will,
ich seh hinaus, und in mir wächst der Baum.”
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“Sprich -
Doch Scheide das Nein nicht vom Ja.”
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Doch Scheide das Nein nicht vom Ja.”
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