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Aug. 27th, 2007 03:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mythtellerMy friend Mr. Toop sent me this today. It relates to a few online debates I'm having in various places, but it also adds a deeper dimension to what I'm trying to express.
If you plan to build a ship
then do not gather people in order to
find wood and prepare tools,
do not distribute responsibilities
and try to make work more pleasant.
rather, teach them to have
a longing for the wide, endless sea
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I love how poetry (mythos) can more precisely express what logic (logos) tries in vain to categorize and explain.
If you plan to build a ship
then do not gather people in order to
find wood and prepare tools,
do not distribute responsibilities
and try to make work more pleasant.
rather, teach them to have
a longing for the wide, endless sea
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I love how poetry (mythos) can more precisely express what logic (logos) tries in vain to categorize and explain.
