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Originally Posted by Crompsin
I think philosophy is man's noble, vain quest to separate himself from the other creatures on Earth.
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I think this is more of a side effect.
EDIT:
Why do we do things like make art?
(And why do cats, for that matter?)
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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