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Talk about a man beset with tremendous tragedy....
yet a polymath genius throughout his short life. I love him for his work in physics and math even more than for his Pensées, although it is only the second half of the book which turns to Catholicism that I don't have an interest in, the first half is what the majority of literary people engage with and love. In particular that everlasting nugget of wisdom: 'Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demurer en repos, dans une chambre.' id est 'All of man's unhappiness comes from his inability to stay peacefully, alone in his room.' I will have to make another entry in my all-time citations album now 
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Søren Kierkegaard on Friendship & Confidentiality
This week's wisdom is once again that of Søren Kierkegaard, this time on friendship and confidentiality.... ...
Quite a solitary mood, here!
Having a true friend of confidant beyond echo and silence seems more heartwarming to me… Best, Emmanuel
Indeed =)
I agree, despite having gone through a good number of years without much of an active friendship with someone, and having first read this some fifteen years ago when that was certainly the case (right about the time I joined WPS!), real friendship is a co...
Pascal in his Pensées (978-100):
« Thus human life is nothing but a perpetual illusion; there is nothing but mutual deception and flattery. No one talks about us in our presence as he would in our absence. Human relations are only based on this mutual deception; and few friendships would...
Talk about a man beset with tremendous tragedy....
yet a polymath genius throughout his short life. I love him for his work in physics and math even more than for his Pensées, although it is only the second half of the book which turns to Catholicism that I don't have an interest in, the first half is wha...
Interesting, but what were Soren and Pascal's thoughts on two tone watches?
good early morning introspective topics...this is why I love this group! Cheers!