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The Darkness That Comes Before

The Darkness That Comes Before
R. Scott Bakker

The Darkness That Comes Before is the first book in the Prince of Nothing series by Scott Bakker. It was published in 2004.

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“This is the problem of all great revelations: their significance so often exceeds the frame of our comprehension. We understand only after, always after. Not simply when it is too late, but precisely because it is too late.”

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“History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.”

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“Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.”

R. Scott Bakker book The Darkness That Comes Before

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“If it is only after that we understand what has come before, then we understand nothing. Thus we shall define the soul as follows: that which precedes everything.”

R. Scott Bakker book The Darkness That Comes Before

AJENCIS, THE THIRD ANALYTIC OF MEN
The Darkness That Comes Before (2004)

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“If the world is a game whose rules are written by the God, and sorcerers are those who cheat and cheat, then who has written the rules of sorcery?”

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ZARATHINIUS, A DEFENCE OF THE ARCANE ARTS
The Darkness That Comes Before (2004)

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