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Mehmet Murat Ildan
Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan is a renowned Turkish writer born on May 16, 1965. His works span various literary forms including novels, essays, and poetry, and have gained widespread popularity among readers. more

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“By turning his gaze upwards, (he) also turned it inwards, towards his inner silence and uncovered forgotten sides. Into that universe which to me is just as mysterious as the outer space that surrounds us. One universe stretches outwards, the other inwards. To me the latter universe is of the greatest interest. For, as the poet Emily Dickinson rightly concluded, “The Brain—is wider than the Sky.”

“La filosofia és la confiança que el pensament pot transformar la vida i fer-la millor. És a dir, que podem viure pensant i pensar com volem viure, en un trànsit sense garanties entre el silenci i l'acció. La filosofia no pretén esgotar el silenci ni ser pura acció. Sap que els contorns del que podem dir i pensar són limitats i parcials, que estem, per tant, envoltats de silenci. Però sap també que sense endinsar-nos més enllà dels límits del que encara no sabem com dir, l'acció és mera repetició i acceptació del que hi ha.”

“It seemed now as if, touched by human penitence and all its toil, divine goodness had parted the curtain and displayed behind it, single, distinct, the hare erect; the wave falling; the boat rocking, which did we deserve them, should be ours always. But alas, divine goodness, twitching the cord, draws the curtain; it does not please him; he covers his treasures in a drench of hail, and so breaks them, so confuses them that it seems impossible that their calm should ever return or that we should ever compose from their fragments a perfect whole or read in the littered pieces the clear words of truth. For our penitence deserves a glimpse only; our toil respite only.”