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Full Idea
Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and our memory
Gist of Idea
We can only live because our imagination and memory are poor
Source
E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], 1 'The Key')
Book Ref
Cioran,E.M.: 'A Short History of Decay', ed/tr. Howard,Richard [Penguin 2010], p.28
A Reaction
Does this mean that we should actually aspire to limit our imaginations and memories? Or are we mercifully intrinsically limited, so that massive intellectual ambition will do no harm? We should be told these things, Cioran!