"That which had grown from the earth, to the earth, But that which has sprung from heavenly seed, Back to the heavenly realms returns. This is either a dissolution of the mutual involution of the atoms, or a similar dispersion of the unsentient elements."

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You only think about what you're not okay with.
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Fuck Abraham ibn Ezra (1092/3–1167)

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A person is three things:
what he thinks he is
what others think he is,
and
what he really is.

Anonymous

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French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist René Descartes, who died OTD in 1650, was one of the founders of modern #philosophy https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/flaneur-10eme-arrondissement/?s=mb #travel #France #history
Flânerie — Wandering in Paris

The flâneur is the idle stroller observing society, and flânerie is the art of being a flâneur, the "Gastonomy of the Eye". Let's see how to stroll Paris with no specific purpose.

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More

"You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."

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"In how many churches, by how many prophets, tell me, is man made sensible that he is an infinite Soul; that the earth and heavens are passing into his mind; that he is drinking forever the soul of God?"

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"Those in power have always simultaneously protected and exploited those under their care. Protection is just another form of control."

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