Kurt Vonnegut Jr.By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This is to me is a miracle.
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By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This is to me is a miracle. This quote expresses the idea that ideas are not just intellectual objects that are to be understood intellectually. Ideas are not just ideas, they are made of flesh and blood, emotions and feelings. The ideas of great people are part of our life, they touch us and affect us because they affect them too.
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