Book: Solaris. Page 3

Every science is always accompanied by some kind of pseudo science its wild refraction in the minds of a certain type; astronomy caricature reflected in astrology, as chemistry is a once in alchemy.

Yes, it is necessary to pretend, to deceive, always and everywhere. And all because of me, probably rooted in the thoughts, plans, hopes, cruel, gorgeous, ruthless, and I know nothing about them. The man went to other worlds, new civilizations, not knowing his own soul: its byways, dead ends, bottomless wells, tightly boarded up doors.

Each of us knows that he is the material man, obeying the laws of physiology and physics, and that even bringing together the forces of all our senses, we can't fight these laws, can only to hate them.

We are not looking for anyone but the person. We don't need other worlds. We need our reflection. We don't know what to do with other worlds.

If so lie for hours in the night, that thinking can go very far in a very strange direction, you know...

I must tell you that we do not want to conquer the cosmos. We want to extend the Earth to its borders. We don't know what to do with other worlds. We don't need other worlds... people need people.

People, contrary to appearances, does not set goals. Them he imposes a time in which he was born, he has to serve or to rebel against them, but the object of service or rebellion is given from the outside. To experience the absolute freedom of prospecting purposes, he would have to stay alone, but this is impossible because people are not educated among the people, can not become a man.