The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.
NovalisWhen one begins to reflect on philosophyโthen philosophy seems to us to be everything, like God, and love. It is a mystical, highly potent, penetrating ideaโwhich ceaselessly drives us inward in all directions. The decision to do philosophyโto seek philosophy is the act of self-liberationโthe thrust toward ourselves.
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