“History shows that the thinkers who mounted on the top of the ladder of questions, who set their foot on the last rung, that of the absurd, have bequeathed to posterity only an example of sterility.”
A Short History of Decay (1949)
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Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911–1995Related quotes

“The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.”
Source: The Dance of Life http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300671.txt (1923), Ch. 3

Source: The Way to Life: Sermons (1862), P. 192 (The Example of Christ).

“Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. ”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 228.

Source: Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea