Re: Extropianism as a World Meme

Max More (maxmore@primenet.com)
Fri, 6 Sep 1996 00:15:28 -0700 (MST)


At 11:28 PM 9/5/96 UT, David Musick wrote:
> Most people, Christians included, have no understanding of the intense=20
>personal discipline required in seeking the truth, and very few people are=
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>willing to discipline themselves so severely. =20

As so often, this just begs for a Nietzsche quote!

=85Not to question, not to tremble with the craving and joy of questioning =
=85
that is what I feel to be contemptible, and this feeling is the first thing
I seek in everyone: some foolishness persuades me ever and again that every
human being has this feeling, as a human being. It is my kind of injustice.
=97 The Gay Science, 2 (K: 104)

Max More, Ph.D. maxmore@primenet.com =20
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