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Douglas Hofstadter Quotes: Meaning lies as much in the mind of the reader as in the Haiku.
         

Meaning lies as much in the mind of the reader as in the Haiku.


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There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.



You can never represent yourself totally .... to seek self -knowledge is to embark on a journey which ... will always be incomplete, cannot be charted on a map, will never halt, cannot be described.

You can never represent yourself totally .... to seek self -knowledge is to embark on a journey which ... will always be incomplete, cannot be charted on a map, will never halt, cannot be described.



In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect.

In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect.



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. . . all meaning comes from analogies.



Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.



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Below Every Tangled Hierarchy Lies An Inviolate Level





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