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“I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.”

Book:The Poems of Abraham Cowley

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The Poems of Abraham Cowley

This volume includes a selection of Abraham Cowley's poetry, showcasing his contributions to the English literary tradition during the Restoration period. more

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Abraham Cowley

Abraham Cowley was a 17th-century English poet renowned for his elegant poetic style and profound literary thoughts. His works had a profound impact on the literary world of his time and are considered among the representative figures of classical poetry. more

“Confusion conditions activity, which conditions consciousness, which conditions embodied personality, which conditions sensory experiences, which conditions impact, which conditions mood, which conditions craving, which conditions clinging, which conditions becoming, which conditions birth, which conditions aging and death.”

Consciousness Conditions Personality Birth Becoming Activity Impact Aging Mood Confusion Craving Clinging Sensory

Author:Gautama Buddha

“People often say that aesthetics is a branch of psychology. The idea is that once we are more advanced-all the mysteries of art-will be understood by psychological experiments. Exceedingly stupid at this idea is, this is roughly it.”

People Art Ideas Psychology Mystery Stupid Understood Experiments Psychological Branches Aesthetics

Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

“In taking life for granted, we fail to notice it.”

Failing Granted Life For Granted Taking Life For Granted

Author:Stephen Batchelor

“Even if it is indifferent to human desires, as it seems to be; if human life is a passing episode, hardly noticeable in the vastness of cosmic processes; if there is no superhuman purpose, and no hope of ultimate salvation, it is better to know and acknowledge this truth than to endeavor, in futile self-assertion, to order the universe to be what we find comfortable.”

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