Sublime

Für die ethischen Vorstellungen, die in den letzten 2000 Jahren in Europa gewachsen sind, ist der Mensch in erster Linie ein vernünftiges, kein körperliches

He puts his ear to the ground.

Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain.

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.

He knows everybody and doesn’t want to know

himself, ‘Why does Man exist?’ ‘Why does Man exist?’

One uses one’s deathbed energy to project meaning where none can be found.

His usual modes of living neither collapse nor have to be suspended in the face of death.