"I pre-suppose, of course, a reader who..." - Quote by Karl Marx
I pre-suppose, of course, a reader who is willing to learn something new and therefore to think for himself.
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“Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.”
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“I cannot live without books: but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object.”
“Education can no longer be the sole property of the state.”
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More on Thinking
“We can learn not to keep situations or events alive in our minds, but to return our attention continuously to the pristine, timeless present moment rather than be caught up in mental movie making.”
“Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.”