Wednesday, July 3, 2013

you caught fire

[for his birthday today, the man from Praha]-“Last night I dreamt about you. What happened in detail I can hardly remember, all I know is that we kept merging into one another. I was you, you were me. Finally somehow you caught fire.” ― Franz Kafka

A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.
As quoted in "Close-up : I'm looking for a market for wisdom. : Leo Szilard, scientist" in LIFE magazine, Vol. 51, no. 9 (1 September 1961), p. 75

 
 


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