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The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe by Arthur Koestler

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I use this outmoded expression because the term ‘Science’, which has come to replace it in more recent times, does not carry the same rich and universal associations which ‘Natural Philosophy’ carried in the seventeenth century, in the days ...more

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“Với tôi, quá trình bị động của việc được sinh ra lại trở thành điều kiện cho mọi sự chủ động.”
― Bùi Văn Nam Sơn, Chat Với Hannah Arendt

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“The real difference between us and chimpanzees is the mythical glue that binds together large numbers of individuals, families and groups.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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“We believe in a particular order not because it is objectively true, but because believing in it enables us to cooperate effectively and forge a better society.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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“The first principle of monotheist religions is ‘God exists. What does He want from me?’ The first principle of Buddhism is ‘Suffering exists. How do I escape it?”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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“Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of biology.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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