« Very quickly, I had the intuition that by fleeing disability, one isolates itself. He is there, we must welcome him as a fifth member, to deal with him. To do this, the knowledge of its weaknesses seems to me essential... (...) You have to deal with it. "We're in a fire," as Pascal would say. Too many people stop only at this dark, negative aspect of our situation, without seeing the openings. »
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Alexandre Jollien
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Alexandre Jollien
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« I am increasingly convinced that if passions possess so much strength, it is precisely because I do not dare to capitulate. In anguish, I get restless. And as the one who falls into the water, instead of floating, gesticulates in vain, I wade through my affects. Floating or sinking are the detachment's responsibility. Go to the bottom of the torment to inhabit it and make sense of it... »
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Alexandre Jollien
The Naked Philosopher |
Alexandre Jollien
The Naked Philosopher
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« Time inevitably led us in his walk without ever being opposed to a why.... »
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Alexandre Jollien
Praise for weakness |
Alexandre Jollien
Praise for weakness
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