The second cause of failure to enact good stems from conflict of intention. High intelligence leads to multiplicity of interest and a sharpened capac… - John Fowles

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The second cause of failure to enact good stems from conflict of intention. High intelligence leads to multiplicity of interest and a sharpened capacity to foresee the consequences of any action. Will is lost in a labyrinth of hypothesis.

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About John Fowles

John Robert Fowles (31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist and essayist.

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Our stereotyping societies force us to feel more alone. They stamp masks on us and isolate out real selves. We all live in two worlds: the old comfortable man-centred world of absolutes and the harsh real world of relatives. The latter, the relativity reality, terrifies us; and isolates and dwarfs us all.

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