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All problems are unsolvable. The essence of the existence of a problem is that there is no solution. Looking for a fact means there is no fact. To think is not to know how to be.
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Original: Todos os problemas s?o insolúveis. A ess?ncia de haver um problema é n?o haver soluç?o. Procurar um facto significa n?o haver um facto. Pensar é n?o saber existir.
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Ibid., p. 123

 

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