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I know how to give the meaning of a word but not how to give the intention of a word.

— Stanley Cavell The Division of Talent (1985)

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The crucified human body is our best picture of the unacknowledged human soul.

The achievement of happiness requires not the ... satisfaction of our needs ... but the examination and transformation of those needs.

Pursuits of Happiness (1984)

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