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The world we inhabit is abundant beyond our wildest imagination. there are trees, dreams, sunrises; there are thunderstorms, shadows, rivers; there are wars, flea bites, love affairs; there are the lives of people, gods, entire galaxies. the simplest human action varies from one person and occasion to the next-how else would we recognize our friends only from their gait, posture, voice, and divine their changing moods? only a tiny fraction of this abundance affects our minds. this is a blessing, not a drawback.
-Paul Feyerabend
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The World We Inhabit Is Abundant Beyond

Paul Feyerabend
The world we inhabit is abundant beyond our wildest imagination. there are trees, dreams, sunrises; there are thunderstorms, shadows, rivers; there are wars, flea bites, love affairs; there are the lives of people, gods, entire galaxies. the simplest human action varies from one person and occasion to the next-how else would we recognize our friends only from their gait, posture, voice, and divine their changing moods? only a tiny fraction of this abundance affects our minds. this is a blessing, not a drawback.
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