Niklas Luhmann quotes
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“Humans cannot communicate; not even their brains can communicate; not even their conscious minds can communicate. Only communication can communicate.”
-- Niklas LuhmannSource : "Materialities of Communication" edited by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, (p. 371), 1988.
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“Reality is what one does not perceive when one perceives it.”
-- Niklas LuhmannSource : Niklas Luhmann, William Rasch (2002). “Theories of Distinction: Redescribing the Descriptions of Modernity”, p.145, Stanford University Press
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“The work of art is an ostentatiously improbable occurrence.”
-- Niklas LuhmannSource : Niklas Luhmann (2000). “Art as a Social System”, p.153, Stanford University Press
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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“The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.”
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“Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped”
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Source : Aimee Bender (2011). “The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories”, p.11, Anchor
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“The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.”
Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.64, Delphi Classics
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