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Old 11-21-2006, 03:14 PM
Sadhana Sadhana is offline
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Originally Posted by Frans View Post
When people say to me they want improve the world, I always hear the words of Friedrich Hölderlin in my mind:

What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven.

Sure, you can cure diseases, but new diseases will arise.
This place will always be a hell for many and a heaven for others, there's nothing we can do about. That's the human condition.
Are you suggesting that there's no point in curing diseases because new diseases will arise in their place?!
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