The Story of a Good Brahman by Voltaire

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I think that what this thext wants to express is the paradox of being rational but also wanting to be happy. While being happy is a state of mind we can achieve knowing more or knowing less than anyone, being rational is a state of mind that can only be achieved by thinking. Being happy requires 0 effort, while being wise or rational requieres the effort of thinking.
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So much information, yet so little wisdom. The more l learn, the more l realize how much more, there is to learn. There are lessons in my time, that l have had to relearn... sometimes more than once!
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Voltaire is so cool. I love this story
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Great story. I enjoyed it very much. It is always time to learn.
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The Story of a Good Brahman" by Voltaire. Voltaire was a French Enlightenment philosopher and writer known for
his other works like "Candide" and "Letters on England.
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Amidst the pursuit of wisdom and the quest for answers, may we remember that true contentment often resides in the simplicity of faith, and that the pursuit of happiness is a journey best guided by the heart, not solely the mind.
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So much information, yet so little wisdom. The more l learn, the more l realize how much more, there is to learn. There are lessons in my time, that l have had to relearn... sometimes more than once!
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if we don’t like the interpretations which actually live we can habitually make new ones, but we will not understand the response in this life. To me this is the delight of being human, that we are shrewd sufficient to trial to explain life’s secrets while all the time understanding that they can not ever be solved.
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