A god who is both self-sufficient and content to remain so could not interest us enough to raise the question of his existence.
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Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation.
Permalink to quote #63 The truly tragic kind of suffering is the kind produced and defiantly insisted upon by the hero himself so that, instead of making him better, it makes him wor…
Permalink to quote #65 No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
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