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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Book by Yuval Noah Harari · 21 quotes · Sapiens, Antropologia, History

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“Nach Ansicht des Buddhismus verwechseln die meisten Menschen Glück mit angenehmen Empfindungen und Leid mit unangenehmen Empfindungen. Daher sehnen sie sich nach angenehmen Gefühlen und wollen unangenehme Gefühle vermeiden. [...] Doch darin irren sie sich gründlich. In Wahrheit haben unsere subjektiven Empfindungen kein Wesen und keine Bedeutung. Es handelt sich um flüchtige Schwingungen, die sich ununterbrochen ändern, wie die Wellen des Meeres. Wenn wir diesen Wellen zu große Bedeutung beimessen, ergreifen sie Besitz von uns und machen uns unruhig und unzufrieden.”

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“Viele Menschen machen den Fehler, sich mit ihren Empfindungen, Gedanken, Vorlieben und Abneigungen zu identifizieren. Wenn Sie ärgerlich sind, denken Sie: 'Ich bin ärgerlich. Das ist mein Ärger.' Folglich bringen sie ihr Leben damit zu, bestimmte Gefühle zu suchen und andere zu meiden. Sie erkennen nie, dass das gar nicht 'ihre' Gefühle, und dass die Jagd nach bestimmten Gefühlen letztlich nur mehr Leid verursacht.”

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“Money is the apogee of human tolerance. Money is more open-minded than language, state laws, cultural codes, religious beliefs and social habits. Money is the only trust system created by humans that can bridge almost any cultural gap, and that does not discriminate on the basis of religion, gender, race, age or sexual orientation.”

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“The few survivors were hounded into an evangelical concentration camp, where well-meaning but not particularly open-minded missionaries tried to indoctrinate them in the ways of the modern world. The Tasmanians were instructed in reading and writing, Christianity and various ‘productive skills’ such as sewing clothes and farming. But they refused to learn. They became ever more melancholic, stopped having children, lost all interest in life, and finally chose the only escape route from the modern world of science and progress – death.”

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“A literatura romântica muitas vezes apresenta o indivíduo como alguém lutando contra o Estado e o mercado. Nada poderia estar mais distante da realidade. O Estado e o mercado são a mãe e o pai do indivíduo, e o indivíduo só pode sobreviver graças a eles. O mercado nos fornece trabalho, seguro-saúde e uma aposentadoria. Se quisermos estudar uma profissão, as escolas do governo estão lá para nos ensinar. Se quisermos abrir um negócio, o banco nos empresta dinheiro.”

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“Consumismo e nazionalismo fanno gli straordinari pur di farci immaginare che milioni di di estranei appartengano alla stessa comunità: una comunità fatta da noi, che dovremmo avere un passato comune, interessi comuni e un futuro comune. Non è una menzogna. È immaginazione. Come nei casi del denaro, delle società a responsabilità limitata e dei diritti umani, le nazioni e le tribù di consumatori sono realtà intersoggettive. Esse esistono unicamente nella nostra immaginazione collettiva, eppure il loro potere è immenso. Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens. Da animali a Dei. Breve storia dell'umanità, Giunti Editore/Bompiani, Firenze/Milano, 2019; pag. 451”

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“In Homers Ilias scheint Thetis jedenfalls keine Einwände gegen die Beziehung ihres Sohnes Achilles zu Patrokles gehabt zu haben. Und Königin Olympias von Makedonien (eine der mächtigsten Frauen der Antike, die angeblich ihren Mann ermorden ließ) hatte offenbar nichts dagegen, als ihr Sohn Alexander der Große seinen Geliebten Hephaestion zum Essen nach Hause brachte.”

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“If the adoption of ploughing increased a village's population from a hundred to 110, which ten people would have volunteered to starve so that the others could go back to the good old time? There was no going back. The trap snapped shut. The pursuit of an easier life resulted in much hardship, and not for the last time. It happens to us today. How many young college graduates have take demanding jobs in high-powered firms, vowing that they will work hard to earn money that will enable them to retire and pursue their real interests when they are thirty-five? But by the time they reach that age, they have large mortgages, children to school, houses in the suburbs that necessitate at least two cars per family, and a sense that life is not worth living without really good wine and expensive holidays abroad.”

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