Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civiliza… - Stanisław Lem

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Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed.

Stanisław Lem

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self-discovery humanity ignorance space-exploration narrow-mindedness aliens mankind discovery closed-mindedness

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Stanisław Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish satirical, philosophical, and science fiction writer.

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Alternative Names: Stanislav Lem

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