Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech (2013)
“We adore perfection because we can't have it; it would disgust us if we had it. Perfect is inhuman, because human is imperfect.”
Ibid., p. 249
Original: Adoramos a perfeição, porque não a podemos ter; repugná-la-íamos, se a tivéssemos. O perfeito é o desumano, porque o humano é imperfeito.
Source: The Book of Disquiet
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