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The universe is a harmony of tensions, like that of the bow and the lyre. It is in the opposition of things that the finest attunement is found, and from things that differ comes the most beautiful concord.

— Heraclitus, Fragments (-500)
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The mind of man is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

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Everything You Expect Is Missing in 'Project Hail Mary'

For a start, the Odyssey was the first time a hero in Western culture was celebrated for smarts and cunning—and not just fighting and violence. It was as if Homer had grown up after creating the Iliad (in which 239 characters, identified by name, meet their death), and decided to tell a more civilized tale.

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