Writers use the same tools (i.e. words) as scientists. They… - Miroslav Holub

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Writers use the same tools (i.e. words) as scientists. They perform on the same stage, but move in the opposite direction. The sciences and poetries do not share words, they polarise them.

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Miroslav Holub (13 September 1923 – 14 July 1998) was a Czech poet and immunologist.

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