If death, said my father, reasoning with himself, is nothin… - Laurence Sterne

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If death, said my father, reasoning with himself, is nothing but the separation of the soul from the body; — and if it is true that people can walk about and do their business without brains, — then certes the soul does not inhabit there.

Laurence Sterne

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death the-soul brains

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Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics.

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Pen Names: Yorick

Alternative Names: Lorens Stern

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Sözcükleri telaffuz ettiğim anda, kalp bölgesinin civarındaki telleri titreştiren bir çaba hissedebiliyordum.-Beyin bunu kaydetmedi.-Zaten genellikle bu ikisi birbiriyle pek anlaşamaz.

I am convinced, Yorick, continued my father, half reading and half discoursing, that there is a Northwest Passage to the intellectual world; and that the soul of man has shorter ways of going to work, in furnishing itself with knowledge and instruction, than we generally take with it.

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