The supreme good is to arrive, together with other individuals, if possible, at the … knowledge of the union which the mind has with the whole of nature. This, then, is the end for which I strive, to acquire the nature I have described and to endeavour that many should acquire it along with me.
Spinoza 2002, 5
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The point is not to listen to a series of propositions, but rather to follow the movement of showing.
Heidegger 1972, 2
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If we surrendered / to earth’s intelligence / we could rise up rooted, like trees. / Instead, we entangle ourselves / in knots of our own making / and struggle, lonely and confused.
Rilke 1996, 116–17
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In our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.
Tolstoy 1900, 29
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