Book: Brave new world. Page 1



- So, in your opinion, there is no God?
- It is likely that it is.
- Why?..
- But he manifests himself in different ways in different eras. In premodern times he manifested himself as the being described in these books. Now...
- Yeah, now what?
Now he manifests himself as an absence; It is as if none at all.
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- Optimum population, said Mustapha Mond, simulated by us with the iceberg, which is eight ninth of the mass under the water line, one-ninth above water.
And happy those that are under water?
- Happier than those above it.
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... Of course, the General idea at least some should be given - in order to do business with understanding, - but to give only the minimum dose, otherwise they will not be good and happy members of society.
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Bernard gave his orders in the sharp, arrogant and even offensive tone to what uses a person, not too confident in their superiority.
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From God, you can not depend only while you're young and prosperous; all your life you will not live independent.
Quote Explanation: Mustapha Mond quotes from the book
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But if you know about God, why don't you tell them? - hot Savage said. - Why not give them these books?
- For the same reason do not give "Othello" - these books are old; they're about God hundreds of years ago. Not about God now.
- But God does not change.
- But people change.
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- Did you feel, speaking very slowly Helmholtz - if you have something inside of it is asking for a chance to come out? Some sort of extra power is lost to you in vain, like the river flows in vain, and could turn the turbine. - He looked at Bernard questioningly.
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- What is a philosopher, you know?
- The sage who dreams of fewer things than there are in heaven and on earth.
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And it is also included in the cost of stability. It isn't only art that's incompatible with happiness, but science. Dangerous thing about science; you have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled.
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After all, why was that old fellow such a marvellous propaganda technician of feelings? Because I was writing about a lot of things painful, delusional, which concerned him. And so be it - to be hurt and upset, stung to the quick; otherwise, don't invent really good, pervasive phrases.
Quote Explanation: We are talking about Shakespeare.
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Similar ideas can easily be confusing physicaldevice those whose minds are less resistant, shatter their faith in happiness as the Highest Good and to convince you that the goal in life is somewhere further, somewhere outside the present sphere of human activity; what is the purpose of life consists not in the maintenance of prosperity and depression in oblagorozheny of human consciousness.
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Despise you meet contempt.
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... worthless friends, who, just that turn into enemies and persecutors.
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Life can be radically changed in its quality only with the help of the life Sciences. Of science about matter, used in a certain way that can destroy life or make it utterly difficult and painful.
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However, since the laws I set, I can break them. And with impunity.
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