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High up where the poor sat, the people quaked with fear: they saw the soul stretched on the ground, a votive beast beaten by the conflicting powers o… - Nikos Kazantzakis
" "High up where the poor sat, the people quaked with fear:
they saw the soul stretched on the ground, a votive beast
beaten by the conflicting powers of light and dark,
and their minds shook, nor knew now what great god to choose,
for comfort's road dropped to the right, the rough ascent
rose to the left, and both roads seemed to lead to God,
while at the crossroads stood the human heart, and swayed.
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About Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis (18 February 1883 – 26 October 1957) was a Greek novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher.
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Νίκος Καζαντζάκης
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وحشوت غليوني ببطء وأشعلته. لكل شيء معنى خفيٌّ في هذا العالم، هكذا قلتُ في نفسي. البشر والحيوانات والأشجار والنجوم، كلها ليست إلا خطوطاً هيروغليفية، وسعيد هو الذي يبدأ بحلهاوإدراك ما تعنيه، ولكن....يا لتعاسته أيضاً! إنه لا يفهمها عندما يراها. فهو يعتقد أنها بشر وحيوانات وأشجار ونجوم ثم يكتشف بعد عدة سنوات، بعد فوات الأوان، معناها الحقيقي. ،
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How can you reach the womb of the Abyss to make it fruitful? This cannot be expressed, cannot be narrowed into words, cannot be subjected to laws; every man is completely free and has his own special liberation. No form of instruction exists, no Savior exists to open up the road. No road exists to be opened.
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