“Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.”
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) English philosopher, born 1588
Last words
“I am powerless, helpless. Each time it’s a leap in the dark. A deliberate encounter with the unknown.”
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
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