standing on the shoulders of giants
Was skimming through pervy Freud's From Civilization and Its Discontents and came across this line:
"He who possesses science and art also has religion; but he who possesses neither of those two, let him have religion!"
Goethe
How witty it is of Goethe to kindly draw an antithesis between human achievements and spirituality, yet not totally discarding each of their values. If you are pathetic (seems to imply) enough to possess neither of the two, exclamation mark, no worries there's always another option waiting for you. (not the best choice though)
Posted by Rachel on July 30, 2003 10:27 PM |
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