Dzieje kultury wykazujÄ…, ze gÅ‚upota jest siostrÄ… bliźniaczÄ… rozumu, ona roÅ›nie najbujniej nie na glebie dziewiczej ignorancji , lecz na gruncie uprawnym siódmym potem doktorów i profesorów. Wielkie absurdy nie sÄ… wymyÅ›lane przez tych, których rozum krzÄ…ta siÄâ„¢ wokóÅ‚ spraw codziennych. Nic dziwnego zatem, że wÅ‚aÅ›nie najintensywniejsi myÅ›liciele bywali producentami najwiÄâ„¢kszego gÅ‚upstwa. / The history of culture shows that foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom. It does not flourish on the fields of pure ignorance but on the fields tirelessly plowed by doctors and professors. Great absurdities do not flourish where one is busy with everyday life. No wonder that sometimes most vigorous thinkers come up with utmost stupidities. (Dziennik 1956, XIX, Thursday) . Witold Gombrowicz
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In his essay, "On the Depth of Meaning in the Aeneid," Michel Foucault argues that the most profound sense in which Aeneas' acts of courage and self-sacrifice in the face of seemingly insurmountable difficulty can be understood is a sense of "duty," defined as a sort of compulsive drive to undergo a particular kind of suffering without being able to articulate what compels one to do so. It is a state of mind that transcends any particular desire or desire for any particular result. It is a state in which what one is doing is simply what one must do.

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