Alexander S. Kunz on Nostr: “Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear ...
“Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear — the earth remains, slightly modified. The earth remains, and the heartbreaking beauty where there are no hearts to break. Turning Plato and Hegel on their heads I sometimes choose to think, no doubt perversely, that man is a dream, thought an illusion, and only rock is real. Rock and sun.” (Edward Abbey in “Desert Solitaire”)
https://www.alex-kunz.com/rock-sun-earth-remains/#Quotes #EdwardAbbey
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