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“The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science.”
― Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
― Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
“If our brains were simple enough for us to understand them, we'd be so simple that we couldn't.”
― The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World
― The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
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“Nicht die Wahrheit, in deren Besitz irgend ein Mensch ist oder zu sein vermeinet, sondern die aufrichtige Mühe, die er angewandt hat, hinter die Wahrheit zu kommen, macht den Wert des Menschen.”
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“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms -- you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.”
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Contemporary German Writers
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Anyone who is interested in German literature is welcome in this group :) The focus is on contemporary German authors even though classical works won’ ...more
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