You don’t need schooling to be a philosopher. Just an active mind and experience with life. - Isaac Asimov

He never created a finish product. Finished products are for decadent minds. His was an evolving mechanism and the Second Foundation was the instrument of that evolution.

Trantor becomes more specialized, it becomes more vulnerable, less able to defend itself. Further, as it becomes more and more the administrative centre of Empire, it becomes a greater prize. As the Imperial succession becomes more and more uncertain, and the feuds among the great families more rampant, social responsibility disappears.

Solo il mio sistema emotivo è stato condizionato, il cervello è come prima. Sono portato a pensare in una determinata direzione, non costretto. E ci sono alcune cose che posso vedere molto più chiaramente, perché mi sono liberato dei vincoli emotivi.