#existence

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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How far the existence of the Academy has influenced French literature, either for good or for evil, is an extremely dubious question. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#dubious #either #evil #existence #extremely

All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

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In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

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The universe bursts into existence from life, not the other way around as we have been taught. For each life there is a universe, its own universe. We generate spheres of reality, individual bubbles of existence. Our planet is comprised of billions of spheres of reality, generated by each individual human and perhaps even by each animal. ↗

— Robert Lanza

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I think everyone has some fascination with what's outside our existence. It's a constant journey to find the truth. ↗

— Nicholas Lea

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Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America. ↗

— Louis Leakey

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It's interesting that people throughout the existence of the web have been concerned about monopolies. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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