Kedar JoshiThe worst mockery God can make of a moralist is that He compels him to be asolipsist.
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“The worst mockery God can make of a moralist is that He compels him to be asolipsist.” Solipsism is the philosophy that there is no other world, no other mind. The ultimate self-centeredness – the idea that only the self exists – is a perversion of the highest moral ideal. The word “solipsist” comes from a Latin phrase meaning “to be alone with oneself” – a solus, or single person. In this quote, Bierce is saying that, contrary to popular opinion, his feeling of loneliness and isolation is not a sign of weakness but rather strength. In fact, he claims that there is nothing wrong with being alone if one chooses to be.
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