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Robert Anton Wilson on Philosophy

1932–2007 United States

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There is no governor anywhere; you are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped.

It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

The Illuminati Papers (1980)

There are periods of history when the visions of madmen and dope fiends are a better guide to reality than the common-sense interpretation of data available to the so-called normal mind. This is one such period, if you haven't noticed already.

The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975)

Guerrilla ontology
The basic technique of all my books. Ontology is the study of being; the guerrilla approach is to so mix the elements of each book that the reader must decide on each page 'How much of this is real and how much is a put-on?'"

The Illuminati Papers (1980)

Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying.
Please pardon my levity, I don't see how to take death seriously. It seems absurd.

ONLY THE MADMAN IS ABSOLUTELY SURE.

The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Anton Wilson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.