Men, forever tempted to lift the veil of the future-with the aid of co…

Hannah Arendt
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Men, forever tempted to lift the veil of the future-with the aid of computers or horoscopes or the intestines of sacrificial animals-have a worse record to show in these sciences than in almost any scientific endeavor. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1978). Willing, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
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Men, forever tempted to lift the veil of the future-with the aid of computers or horoscopes or the intestines of sacrificial animals-have a worse record to show in these sciences than in almost any scientific endeavor. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1978). Willing, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

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