There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He…

Elias Canetti
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There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange. ✨ Elias Canetti (1962). Crowds and power: Masse und Macht]
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There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange. ✨ Elias Canetti (1962). Crowds and power: Masse und Macht]

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