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Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking–being awake–consciousness.

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Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
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General Happiness Life Man Marriage
Nature is a petrified magic city.
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City Magic Nature One Liner Perspective
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
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Artist Deep Perspective Work
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
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Language Oneself Understand
The individual soul should seek for an intimate union with the soul of the universe.
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Intimate Seek Soul Universe
There is an energy which springs from sickness and debility: it has a more powerful effect than the real, but, sadly, expires in an even greater infirmity.
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Effect Energy Greatness Powerful Reality Sadness Spring
Man has his being in truth–if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying–but of acting against one’s conviction.
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Betrayal Lying Man Oneself Question Sacrifice Truth
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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Desire Home Philosophy Sick
Love is the final end of the world’s history, the Amen of the universe.
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End History Love Universe World
Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.
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Concept Fate Name Temperature
Accident is simply unforeseen order.
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Action Order Perspective Simplicity
Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.
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Instrument Musician Nature Ourselves
Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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Himself Man Planet Sun
Our bodies are molded rivers.
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Body Ourselves River
The best thing about the sciences is their philosophical ingredient, like life for an organic body. If one dephilosophizes the sciences, what remains left? Earth, air, and water.
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Body Earth Organic Philosophy Science Water

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