humanity

Perfect

0001 January 1

And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good. — John Steinbeck, East of Eden Dans ses écrits, un sage Italien Dit que le mieux est l’ennemi du bien. — Voltaire Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. — Confucius (maybe)

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Poe and La Rochefoucauld

0001 January 1

The true genius shudders at incompleteness—and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. — Edgar Allan Poe Solemnity is a mystery of the body, which serves to hide the defects of the mind. — La Rochefoucauld

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Rorty: On Solidarity

0001 January 1

Solidarity is not discovered by reflection but created. It is created by increasing our sensitivity to the particular details of pain and humiliation of other, unfamiliar sorts of people. — Richard Rorty

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Squaring the circle

0001 January 1

As the geometer his mind applies To square the circle, nor for all his wit Finds the right formula, howe’er he tries — Dante, Paradise, Canto XXXIII, Lines 133–135

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The Old World Is Dying

0001 January 1

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters. — Antonio Gramsci

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Truth

0001 January 1

For here we are not afraid to follow the truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error as long as reason is left free to combat it. — Thomas Jefferson to William Roscoe, December 27, 1820

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