"Întrebări precum "De ce există universul?" sunt o nevroză intelectuală, o folosire greșită a cuvintelor, în sensul că, deși întrebarea pare rațional… - Alan Watts
"Întrebări precum "De ce există universul?" sunt o nevroză intelectuală, o folosire greșită a cuvintelor, în sensul că, deși întrebarea pare rațională, ea este de fapt la fel de absurdă ca și, de pildă, "Unde este universul?
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion.
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Thus in using myth one must take care not to confuse image with fact, which would be like climbing up the signpost instead of following the road
[T]he present is self-sufficient, but it is not a static present. It is a dancing present — the unfolding of a pattern which has no specific destination in the future but is simply its own point. It leaves and arrives simultaneously, and the seed is as much the goal as the flower.
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To put is still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing but a breath-retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet.
