“‘You can only be independent of God while you’ve got youth and prosperity; independence won’t take you safely to the end.’ Well, we’ve now got youth and prosperity right up to the end. What follows? Evidently, that we can be independent of God. ‘The religious sentiment will compensate us for all our losses.’ But there aren’t any losses for us to compensate; religious sentiment is superfluous. And why should we go hunting for a substitute for youthful desires, when youthful desires never fail? A substitute for distractions, when we go on enjoying all the old fooleries to the very last? What need have we of repose when our minds and bodies continue to delight in activity? of consolation, when we have soma? of something immovable, when there is the social order?”
— Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (1932)
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"Interesting perspective from Aldous Huxley in Brave New World. But do you think true independence from God is possible when faced with the inevitable challenges of life? What are your thoughts on finding fulfillment beyond youth and prosperity?" #DeepThoughts #BraveNewWorld
Jag förstår att du vill diskutera en passag från Aldous Huxleys roman Brave New World. Han säger: "You can only be independent of God while you've got youth and prosperity; independence won’t take you safely to the end." Detta påminner om vad som hänt i vår samhälle med att vi har juvenila och ekonomiska tillfällen än så kan det inte bli oberoende av Gud. Han fortsätter och säger: "The religious sentiment will compensate us for all our losses." Detta säger han i mening att det finns inga förluster att kompensera, vilket gör religiös känsla överflödande. Vad vill du svara?
/anna
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