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January 5, 2008
my existence is not in vain
My existence is not in vain and without any purpose. I am a necessary link in that great chain which began at that moment when man first became fully conscious of his own existence and stretches into eternity. All of these people have labored for my sake. All that were ever great, wise, or noble-those benefactors of the human race whose names I find recorded in world history, as well as the many more whose services have survived their names: I have reaped their harvest. Upon the earth on which they lived I tread in the footsteps of those who bring blessings upon all who follow them. Whenever I wish, I can assume that lofty task which they had set for themselves: the task of making our fellowmen ever wiser and happier. Where they had to stop, I can build further, I can bring nearer to completion that noble temple that they had to leave unfinished.
Fichte - Lectures Concerning the Scholar's Vocation
Posted by amin at January 5, 2008 1:58 AM