Whatever you do, don't mention Parmenides around Jon or he is going to start saying that because movement is impossible, it is not he that moves in space but rather it is the universe that moves around him thus creating the illusion.
Oh crap, is he reading this?
Edited by anglagard, : mispelled Parmenides
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
Salman Rushdie
This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. - the character Rorschach in Watchmen
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