Monday, October 27, 2008

by the gods i swear

all i have is my life, which i promptly stake every time a difficulty appears. then it is easy to dance, for the thought of death is a good dancing partner, my dancing partner. every human being is too heavy for me, and therefore i plead, per deos obsecro [by the gods i swear]: let no one invite me, for i do not dance.

-johannes climacus philosophical fragments, or: a fragment of philosophy

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