The meaning of the world is the separation of wish and fact… - Kurt Gödel

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The meaning of the world is the separation of wish and fact. Wish is a force as applied to thinking beings, to realize something. A fulfilled wish is a union of wish and fact. The meaning of the whole world is the separation and the union of fact and wish.

Kurt Gödel

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Kurt Gödel (28 April 1906 – 14 January 1978) was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics.

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Native Name: Kurt Friedrich Gödel

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