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Man’s identification with his idea of himself gives him a specious and precarious sense of permanence. For this idea is relatively fixed, being based upon carefully selected memories of his past, memories which have a preserved and fixed character. Social convention encourages the fixity of the idea because the very usefulness of symbols depends up
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Poetry
Andreas Vlach • 1 card
That singly hold, yet give the lie To him who seeks to yoke them both
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices make instruments to plague us; the dark and vicious place where thee he got cost him his eyes,” and Edmund answers--you remember, he's wounded, he's dying--”Thou hast spoken right; 'tis true. The wheel is come full circle; I am here.”
Aldous Huxley • Brave New World: Aldous Huxley's Most Popular Dystopian Classic Novel: Aldous Huxley's Most Popular Classic Novel
for to the good poor man old age cannot be a light burden, nor can a bad rich man ever have peace with himself.