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- Nov 07, 2020
Contingency Quotes
Chance, planning, and the unknown
One contingency quote describes the world shifting from clock-like determinism to something closer to a pinball machine, a Changed way of seeing chance itself.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine.
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- Nov 07, 2020
That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to it that every contingency is provided for in detail.
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- Nov 07, 2020