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I think Voltaire was one of the wisest philosophers, he seriously believed the Earth was some sort of insane asylum | |
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 User ID: 84007494 United States08/17/2022 09:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I think Voltaire was one of the wisest philosophers, he seriously believed the Earth was some sort of insane asylum earth is know thruout the regional area of space at least as an insane asylum Yea though I walk thru the valley of gross inability to recognize the absurd ..lies...propaganda and dark shits... I will fear it all NOT.. for THOU ART WITH ME. AND JESUS SAID ON THE CROSS.. FORGIVE THEM FATHER.. THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77365939 United States08/17/2022 09:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I think Voltaire was one of the wisest philosophers, he seriously believed the Earth was some sort of insane asylum Voltaire died in 1778 this Sufi story is from early in the 9th century. not to diminish Voltaire, but to suggest that notion of the human world as madhouse is an old old one. Once upon a time Khidr, the teacher of Moses, called upon mankind with a warning. At a certain date, he said, all the water in the world which had not been specially hoarded, would disappear. It would then be renewed, with different water, which would drive men mad. Only one man listened to the meaning of this advice. He collected water and went to a secure place where he stored it, and waited for the water to change its character. On the appointed date the streams stopped running, the wells went dry, and the man who had listened, seeing this happening, went to his retreat and drank his preserved water. When he saw, from his security, the waterfalls again beginning to flow, this man descended among the other sons of men. He found that they were thinking and talking in an entirely different way from before; yet they had no memory of what had happened, nor of having been warned. When he tried to talk to them, he realized that they thought that he was mad, and they showed hostility or compassion, not understanding. At first, he drank none of the new water, but went back to his concealment, to draw on his supplies, every day. Finally, however, he took the decision to drink the new water because he could not bear the loneliness of living, behaving and thinking in a different way from everyone else. He drank the new water, and became like the rest. Then he forgot all about his own store of special water, and his fellows began to look upon him as a madman who had miraculously been restored to sanity. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 84028885 Germany08/17/2022 09:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I think Voltaire was one of the wisest philosophers, he seriously believed the Earth was some sort of insane asylum Voltaire died in 1778 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77365939 this Sufi story is from early in the 9th century. not to diminish Voltaire, but to suggest that notion of the human world as madhouse is an old old one. Once upon a time Khidr, the teacher of Moses, called upon mankind with a warning. At a certain date, he said, all the water in the world which had not been specially hoarded, would disappear. It would then be renewed, with different water, which would drive men mad. Only one man listened to the meaning of this advice. He collected water and went to a secure place where he stored it, and waited for the water to change its character. On the appointed date the streams stopped running, the wells went dry, and the man who had listened, seeing this happening, went to his retreat and drank his preserved water. When he saw, from his security, the waterfalls again beginning to flow, this man descended among the other sons of men. He found that they were thinking and talking in an entirely different way from before; yet they had no memory of what had happened, nor of having been warned. When he tried to talk to them, he realized that they thought that he was mad, and they showed hostility or compassion, not understanding. At first, he drank none of the new water, but went back to his concealment, to draw on his supplies, every day. Finally, however, he took the decision to drink the new water because he could not bear the loneliness of living, behaving and thinking in a different way from everyone else. He drank the new water, and became like the rest. Then he forgot all about his own store of special water, and his fellows began to look upon him as a madman who had miraculously been restored to sanity. I'm glad it had a happy ending |
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User ID: 82060395 United States08/17/2022 09:17 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: I think Voltaire was one of the wisest philosophers, he seriously believed the Earth was some sort of insane asylum He also believed the Bible will be in a museum 100 years after his death. His books are often in museums. Last Edited by ~o00O00oo; ) on 08/17/2022 09:20 PM Dance in the face of tyranny and don’t say a word. Nobody is listening. ~Irbancowgirl~ |
