The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they a…

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The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2016). Mysticism and Logic, p.85, Bertrand Russell
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