Rabindranath Tagore
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Bengali poet and philosopher (1861 to 1941); in 1913 the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature; wrote the national anthems of India and…
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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There is no reason to suppose an idea less true than reality, since we never know for certain what underlies the senses (opens korrents.com)
“But why should we suppose the idea to be less true than the reality? We can never know for certain the truth of the substance underlying what we get through the senses.”
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Town society is cruelly callous to the happiness and misery of other creatures compared with its own (opens korrents.com)
“In town, human society is to the fore and looms large; it is cruelly callous to the happiness and misery of other creatures as compared with its own.”
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The highest commandment is sympathy for all sentient beings; love is the foundation of all religion (opens korrents.com)
“I feel that the highest commandment is that of sympathy for all sentient beings. Love is the foundation of all religion.”
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There is no reason to suppose an idea less true than reality, since we never know for certain what underlies the senses (opens korrents.com)