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Piet Hein and Joyce Carol Oates: Mankind

Piet Hein (Kumbel) in front of the H.C.

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“Philosophers / must ultimately find / their true perfection / in knowing all / the follies of mankind / – by introspection.”

Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996).

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.”

— Joyce Carol Oates, writer (b. 1938).


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