"Reason is simply a vast tautology."

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Source : J. M. Coetzee (2016). “The Lives of Animals: The Lives of Animals [Princeton Classics]”, p.25, Princeton University Press

J. M. Coetzee

#Reason Quotes #Tautology Quotes

“Let us not curse the darkness. Let us kindle little lights.”
“It is curious how an age of public self-revelation, and of the use of psychological jargon, should also be an age when self-examination is rarely practised.”
“I'm actually a fairly conservative person. I live a very conservative lifestyle.”
“My wife is my best friend. The thought that people are afraid to go home to their partners for fear of being abused physically or emotionally makes me feel sick. It's not easy but you need to get help and get out.”
“Humour is human. Why? Well, because the Philosopher, Aristotle, says so.”

Source : Simon Critchley (2011). “On Humour”, p.34, Routledge
“When it comes to politics, we have an internal glass ceiling. We stand as good a chance as a man to win a political race, but women don't want to run at the same rate as men do. People point to the work-family balance issue, but I think it's much more than that. Many women don't have children, or have children who are no longer at home. There are some deeper psychological and emotional issues in play, like the fact that many of us feel like the embarrassment, humiliation and personal demonization in politics are simply more than our hearts can take. What stops us is fear.”
“You're alive, you might as well be glad.”
“I'd rather do something than read about it." "That's fine, but if you do it, and then can't think what it means, it's never much of a memory. Life has more to so with memories of the past and longings for the future than it ever does with *right now*." -pg 138-9”

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