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Nikos Kazantzakis Quote

Still reading The Age Of Spiritual Machines, and found a great quote on the human machine:
What a strange machine man is. You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out come sighs, laughter, and dreams.
Nikos Kazantzakis

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On existence

I’m presently reading Age Of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil, and came across an excellent quote that speaks to my own thought on the “immortal soul.”
I often dream about falling. Such dreams are commonplace to the ambitious or those who climb mountains. Lately I dreamed I was clutching at the face of a rock, but [...]

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