“For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. The more stupid the man, the larger his stock of adamantine assurances, the heavier his load of faith.”
― H.L. Mencken,
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Hello Mak. Habari? I’ve recently discovered Austrian engineer-philosopher Robert Musil, though yet to get to grips with him. But it was a quotation that led me to him. ‘A ruling caste always remains slightly barbaric.’ It seems to cover all hierarchies – political, religious, social. Your Mencken quote made me think of it.
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Mzuri sana Tish, mambo vipi huko ulipo?
I should look out for him. I like my philosophers old and probably dead.
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Glad you are well, Mak, and thanks for asking – I am too, though a bit grubby and weary from the shamba. Musil is definitely dead – which is a great pity. He also wrote fiction, which is what piqued my particular interest in him, after I had heartily agreed with him about the barbaric elite.
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I found some of his work. It’s a pity most of what I saw is in German & my German has not even left the ground yet😀.
When I see pictures of your farm, I want to go to the village and be a farmer
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Farming? You can do that later when you’ve done creating fine buildings. My German also pretty non-existent. It’s annoying that one can’t stick a multi-language USB into one’s head.
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A most excellent and very astute quote.
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Mencken is good. His work on the 1925 evolution case is quite good
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Superb quote.
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He is good.
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Ooh that is a good one. And true! Adamantine is also a veneer. Perfect word.
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Have you read Mencken? I have a small issue with him but otherwise his polemics on religion are very good
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I have only read this quote. I’m afraid to ask you for the book. I’d wind up buying it…again. Heh
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Hahahaha. Check this out http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=mencken
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Hahahahaha. That should save you bucks but introduce you to one of the sharpest minds your country has produced
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I’m sure I said that before he did!
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Definitely. He must have copied it from you
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darn, no adamantium. Snikt.
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