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In weariness, existence is like the reminder of a commitment to exist, with all the seriousness and harshness of an irrevocable contract. One has to do something, one has to aspire after and undertake [...] In weariness we want to escape existence itself, and not only one of its landscapes in a longing for more beautiful skies. An evasion without an itinerary and without an end, it is not trying to come ashore somewhere.
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For others, in spite of myself, from myself.
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Its strangeness is, we might say, due to its very reality, to the very fact that there is existence. The questioning of Being is an experience of Being in its strangeness
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What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
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De beschaving is wezenlijk hypocriet , dat wil zeggen zowel gehecht aan het Ware als aan het Goede, die voortaan elkaars tegenspelers zijn. Het is misschien tijd om in de hypocrisie niet slechts een toevallig kwalijk gebrek van de mens te zien, maar de diepe verscheurdheid van een wereld die tegelijkertijd gehecht is aan filosofen en aan profeten.
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La relación con lo Otro me pone en cuestión, me vacía de mí mismo y no deja de vaciarme, descubriéndome en tal modo con recursos siempre nuevos.
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L'idée de l'infini consiste à penser plus qu'on ne pense.
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If one could possess, grasp, and know the other, it would not be other.
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Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable.
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