Verba volant, Scripta manent - "spoken words fly away, written words remain". A well-formulated idea can persist in time shaping and defining the mindset of generations.
Philosophy, "the love of wisdom", is the pragmatism of the wise, who understood the depth and height, the relative space and timelessness of our existence, the answer to the question "to be, or not to be", the unsayable behind the spoken.
Our individual and collective lives and experiences are shaped by our individual and collective philosophies of life. It is worth reflecting on the fact that others have already reflected on this and drawn meaningful conclusions that are still valid today, and which cannot be repeated often enough.
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Voltaire
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Ivan Andreevici Krîlov
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