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Second Foundation

Second Foundation

Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation Series by American writer Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press.


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“The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.”

Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 8 “Seldon’s Plan”

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“A circle has no end.”

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“To us, all life is a series of accidents to be met with improvisations. To them, all life is purposive and should be met with precalculation.”

Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 16 "Beginning of War"

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“One should cultivate an innocence, an awareness of self, and an unselfconsciousness of self which leaves one nothing to hide.”

Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 8 "Seldon's Plan"

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“Your emotions are, of course, only the children of your background and are not to be condemned - merely changed.”

Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953)

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“Finished products are for decadent minds.”

Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953)

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