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Some Thoughts About Thinking, Part I

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Apr 01, 2020
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The Cathedral at Laon

February 8, 2020

I've noticed that folks believe that I think a lot.

The fact is that I hardly ever think at all. I just exist; and thinking comes along in this way or that, unprompted.

Thinking exists on its own. It has its own life which is independent of humanity, and it is perpetually contemplating the cosmos. Because we’re express…

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