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Two quotes about Humans

Roger’s Bacon
Apr 23, 2021
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“There is one thing, too, in which the wise man actually surpasses any god: a god has nature to thank for his immunity from fear, while the wise man can thank his own efforts for this. Look at that for an achievement, to have all the frailty of a human being and all the freedom of care of a god.”

Seneca, Letter LIII


“Is it not a curious fact that in a world steeped in irrational hatreds which threaten civilization itself, men and women-old and young-detach themselves wholly or partly from the angry current of daily life to devote themselves to the cultivation of beauty, to the extension of knowledge, to the cure of disease, to the amelioration of suffering, just as though fanatics were not simultaneously engaged in spreading pain, ugliness, and suffering? The world has always been a sorry and confused sort of place – yet poets and artists and scientists have ignored the factors that would, if attended to, paralyze them.”

Abraham Flexner, The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge

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Brad & Butter
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May 12, 2022Liked by Roger’s Bacon

Challenge thought: some quotes aren't contradictive to one another, but forms a self-regulating homeostatic loop when understood correctly. LOL at the anti-spiral and "cancelled future".

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