"The only successful philosophies and religions are the ones that
flatter us, whether in the name of progress or of hell. Damned or
not, man experiences an absolute need to be at the heart of
everything. It is, in fact, solely for this reason that he is man...
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...that he has become man. And if some day he no longer feels this
need, he must give way to some other animal prouder, madder
than himself."
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Man is the measure of all things
~ Protagoras, 5th century B.C.