Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Splash du Jour: Tuesday

On Sunday, one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th Century, one of my favorite authors, and someone I consider a hero of the human spirit, passed away…

Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Dec.11, 1918 – Aug.03, 2008

One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.
-- Alexander Solzhenitsyn –

Several of my own writings/reviews on Solzhenitsyn:
1, 2, 3.

Wishing you all, a great Tuesday!
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/8/08 8:53 am

    By the by: "idols of the marketplace" is a phrase adopted from F. Bacon. The term refers to misunderstandings resulting from language.

    See also here

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  2. Cipriano9/8/08 1:13 am

    Very interesting, Pala.
    And link, with your [cyber-name] and Huxley's Island?

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Thank you for your words!