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By this characteristically twentieth century retreat from content into form, from meaning into appearance, from ethics into aesthetics, from aqua int… - John Fowles
" "By this characteristically twentieth century retreat from content into form, from meaning into appearance, from ethics into aesthetics, from aqua into unda, I dulled the pain of accusing death, and hardened myself.
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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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I do not defend Conchis’ decision at the execution, but I defend the reality of the dilemma. God and freedom are totally anti-pathetic concepts; and men believe in their imaginary gods most often because they are afraid to believe in the other thing. I am old enough to realise now that they do sometimes with good reason. True freedom lies between each two, never in one alone, and therefore is never absolute freedom.
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