Whereas the Greeks gave to will the boundaries of reason, we have come…

Albert Camus
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Whereas the Greeks gave to will the boundaries of reason, we have come to put the will's impulse in the very center of reason, which has, as a result, become deadly. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays, p.190, Vintage
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Whereas the Greeks gave to will the boundaries of reason, we have come to put the will's impulse in the very center of reason, which has, as a result, become deadly. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays, p.190, Vintage

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