It seems absurd, and yet it is the pure truth, that, since everything real is nothing, the only reality and the only substance in the world consists of illusions
~ Leopardi
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It's pretty much the same thing the ancient Greeks said 2,500 years ago:
"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space, everything else is opinion"
~ Democritus
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Yes. I've been re-reading Epictetus (2000 year old Greek dude). He said the only thing one needs to do is learn how to handle appearances, not to be overcome by them. Things are never what they seem.
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