It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer. (Arthur Schopenhauer)

It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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