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"I have to say I think it's a very serious omission that this book doesn't include a glossary." — Mar 04, 2026 10:36AM
"I have to say I think it's a very serious omission that this book doesn't include a glossary." — Mar 04, 2026 10:36AM
“The easiest thing of all is to pass judgment on what is substantial and meaningful. It is much more difficult to get a real grip on it, and what is most difficult of all is both to grasp what unites all such things, and to give a full exposition of what that is.”
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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
“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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“[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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“Die Lösung des Problems des Lebens merkt man am Verschwinden dieses Problems.”
― Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
― Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
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