The universe and its design is often one of arbitrary horror.
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know__nd yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. It is better to know__ven if the knowledge endures only for the moment that comes before destruction__han to gain eternal life at the price of a dull and swinish lack of comprehension of a universe that swirls unseen before us in all its wonder. That was the choice of Achilles, and it is mine, too.
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know__nd yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance. It is better to know__ven if the knowledge endures only for the moment that comes before destruction__han to gain eternal life at the price of a dull and swinish lack of comprehension of a universe that swirls unseen before us in all its wonder. That was the choice of Achilles, and it is mine, too.
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